not necessarily true, i usually put a /boot ext2 partition at the beginning of the drive (back in the days of the old lilo) and after that i put windows... the only thing it really needs it A) it be a primary partition B) there be no more than 4 primary partitions on the drive (you can have more if they are hidden primaries) -munir --- "Andy Zbikowski (Zibby)" <zibby at ringworld.org> wrote: > Windows will only boot from the first partition on > the primiary hard > drive. Though with some lilo tricks your can get it > to boot off the first > partition of any harddrive. > > | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | > | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | > | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | > | His power apparently lies in his ability to | > | choose incompetent enemies. | > | - Crow T. Robot, MST3K, "Prince of Space" | > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/