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This is _fairly_ simple, I managed to do it by reading the NT-BOOTLOADER HOWTO ! just means using dd to strip the first 512 bytes from the boot drive and dumping it to a file best I remember !!! Neil > Neil Williams wrote: > > > > Forwarded from a pharmacist list: > > > > >> > > Has anyone got any experience of installing Linux as a 2nd > > OS on a machine running Win2000? Do they co-exist quite happily? Does > > fdisk /mbr still work if I chicken out? > > << > > > > Anyone used Windws 2000 dual boot? > > Briefly yes, before I scrubbed Win 2000 - it was a trial > version. > > It dual boots fine with Linux, to be honest whilst most > Microsoft products remain superbly ignorant of other OSes > installed, they mostly play nice, dual boot problems are > overrated IMHO. > > Backing up the MBR (as well as everything else) is worth it if > your at all uncertain what your doing (or have irreplacable user > data) - I think the Linux HOWTO's and possibly the "parted" > documentation discuss how to backup the MBR. > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.