Re: Adding Windows 2000 into a dual-boot after the fact?

[Jeff Vian]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2004 00:25, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > I have heard that Windows will wipe out the boot info for Linux if you
> > > install Windows on a box that already has Linux installed.
> >
> > this can hapen if you install the linux boot loader on the MBR then
> > install windows.
>
> Isn't it easy enough to save the MBR
> dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr bs=512 count=1
> and then re-install it if windows overwrites it:
> dd if=mbr of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

yes, that works.

BUT you must be careful to do the save before you load windows, AND must 
have a boot floppy or a bootable CD sucy as knoppix or the install CD 
with rescue mode so you can get back to the location you saved it and do 
the restore.
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