Re: [LI] Win95 after Linux

["Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri." <spavri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if you install win95, it *will* overwrite the MBR. What I had suggested
to you was on the presumption that your LILO was also on the MBR. win95 does
not give you any options about writing to mbr, it will always do so, hence
you need to reload or re run LILO after re installing win95 on a dual boot
machine.

I prefer using the Linux installation CD because I've had a few floppies go
bad on me. If you can do a re install of Linux also, follow what Atul said,
make an active /boot partition and put LILO on that. Then re installing Win
95 (which you are going to *have* to do once in a while) will not be so
painful :-).

Regarding Win NT I have no personal experience other than what I have picked
up from the list.

hth

Sharukh.

>
> Dear Dr. Shahrukh and other list members
>     I got a bit confused yesterday. Please note that I want to
> install Win 95 and not Win NT. Is it so that Win 95 cannot write
> the MBR and that is an NT problem. So would
> the LILO prompt still come up.
>
> Could someone elaborate on this.
>
> regards
> Aditya


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