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Just 2 pieces of info a. doing a "fdisk /mbr" will REMOVE (!!!) GRUB or LILO. Check out Appendix B of the RH installation guide - a PDF downloadable fr the RH site. b. doing a "fdisk /mbr" DOES NOT Gurantee that your Win2K will be restored fine. I tried and FAILED... so... After numerous tries, I noted (and agreed with RH IG) that Win2K boot seq is v. sensitive and a tiniest screw up could be disastrous !! I lost data files & settings since some of my files cannot be entirely backed up. So my suggestion is pls proceed with care ! Try dl the RH IG (pdf) above. It does say in detail the "safest" way to dual-boot nicely. Only thing they cannot say (or guarantee) are that the DRIVERS will work properly ... Hv 2 NB from same vendor, about the same config but 1 is mute while the other sings ... so Hope that helped. Cheers and good luck !! wink

Hi rapple2, CW (Conventional wisdom / more accurately D "RHLx.x Bible") says choose [first sector of Boot Partition] IF YOU ALREADY have a boot loader ... so do u have one already B4 u inst RH9 ? If so, then may b choose this instead of [master boot record]... looks like yr basic boot seq had been "sc***ed"... Now see if u can set that back with a reinstallation of RH (try "upgrade" option). wink I did the whole routine about 3 times (win2k then RH, sc***ed up and then try 2x more + combinations) cry ... I did note that keepiing ONLY ONE PRIMARY partition (for NTFS only) helps ) . Also, seems like u don't have a Boot partition ? May be that's the issue... wink Not a guru, just sharing my personal exp. Hope it helped. Cheers GreenHorn p

Hi dhesteban, yeah, it's a pain. conventional wisdom is to install w2k FIRST then RH since the former is more "sensitive" to changes in bootup. If u r convinced and/or know that RH then w2k can be done, then u r more "expert" and as such don't need my 2cw ... wink PS My experience is w2k first then RH is better and I can reinstall RH many times, if and when I want to (usu. when I s***wed up RH) wink wink Avoid RH 8 though, it's NOT so stable. 7.3 and 9.0 is better. IMHO. Cheers and have fun ! 8) GreenHorn