Hey Guys!
Thanks for xour replies!
My hda2 partition is not a bootable one, it contains just data I need to access in windows. I realized that linux can read any partition, hidden or not, my problem is that windows just ain't that clever
I'm slightly ashamed to say that, yes, I still use some programs that would only run in windows, and that's why I need to keep my windows installation.
I will now follow Harry's example and try installing lilo to the linux partition and see what it does then...

So long,
gordonski