Windows 95 After knoppix

[morbidpalooza]

Can you install windows 95 after you have installed knoppix I just do not want to overwright lilo

[UnderScore]

I just do not want to overwright lilo
I do not know of a way to install Windows 95/98 without losing lilo. It will overwrite the MBR and you will lose lilo. You can however use knoppix to restore lilo to the MBR.

[rwcitek]

Can you install windows 95 after you have installed knoppix I just do not want to overwright lilo
The rule of thumb is install Windows, then Linux. You can do it the other way around, but it's a lot more work.

Regards,
- Robert
http://www.cwelug.org

[morbidpalooza]

I just do not want to overwright lilo
I do not know of a way to install Windows 95/98 without losing lilo. It will overwrite the MBR and you will lose lilo. You can however use knoppix to restore lilo to the MBR.


how do I do that i lost lilo lolol

[OErjan]

for a quick recovery.
boot knoppix from Cd.
open a console and issue these comands.

#mount the / poartition of Linux read write (let us call it /dev/hda1 and ext3 filesystem)

mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
#now to chroot into your /

chroot /mnt/hda1#erything is now done to your hd

#edit or make sure /etc/fstab is corect as to what filesystem is where and how many partitions you have...

fdisk -l #fdisk -l lists partitions and filesystems

cat /etc/fstab #cat /etc/fstab outputs fstab to screen. the two above sould match 100% as to what filesystem is where, number of partitions... otherwise edit (mcedit /etc/fstab, save with F2 and exit with F10)

#check that windows is entered in /etc/lilo.conf, and on corect partitition...

cat /etc/lilo.conf
#if not edit (mcedit /etc/lilo.conf, save with F2 and exit with F10)

#now it is time to mount everything with your linux fstab.

mount -a

#now we can restore lilo to mbr.

/sbin/lilo
#if everything went well we can now
#sync the disks (everything written to disk)
#unmount
#clear the screen
#disengage / form /mnt/hda.

sync&&umount -a&&clear&&exit

this is as much step by step i can manage without more to go on

[morbidpalooza]

Thank you worked great!

[OErjan]

you are welcome to what little I could help you with.