[PLUG] Dual Boot

[Christopher N. Deckard]

Windows will ALWAYS blow away whatever is on the MBR.  You should
either:

a)  make a boot floppy for Linux, install windows, boot from the
     floppy and restore lilo/grub/whatever.

b)  install windows, boot off of the install program for Mandrake
     and restore lilo/grub/whatever.

c)  throw away your windows CD, use the space on your IDE disk
     for things like "compressed media files" or digital video
     editing, or maybe even write a book on why one should NOT
     use windows EVER.

-Chris

Brent Meshier wrote:

> My current setup:  Linux Mandrake 7.2 & Win98 dual boot.  Linux is on my
> SCSI drive, and Win98 on my IDE.  I have my bootloader on the MBR of the
> IDE, which my system reads from on boot.  Now here is my question.  I'd
> like to format my IDE, and install Windows 2000, however I'm afraid
> Windows will overwrite my bootloader and I'll no longer be able to get
> into Linux.  Can someone tell me for sure?  And if this is the case,
> what is the remedy?  Or does Linux ALWAYS have to be installed after
> Windows?