<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Installing Windows on Linux</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux + Windows 95 mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Linload, What's That?" HREF="linload.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux + Windows 95 mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="linload.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="REVERSE" >6. Installing Windows on Linux</A ></H1 ><P >In the reverse scenario (you have a working Linux box and are forced by some power to install Windows 95™), Windows 95™ WILL overwrite your MBR, and thus crush <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >LILO</SPAN >. You have two options: use <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >loadlin.exe</SPAN > to load your kernel, and use that to run Linux, or boot Linux using a floppy and/or <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >loadlin</SPAN >, then re-install <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >LILO</SPAN >.</P ><P >Best of luck with your new system!</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="linload.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Linload, What's That?</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >