Bug 70704

Summary:	Selecting installation of lilo to first sector of mbr isn't working with Windows XP
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Need Real Name <spatz>
Component:	lilo	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Need Real Name 2002-08-04 11:57:37 UTC

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Description of problem:
When selecting to install lilo into the first sector of mbr Windows XP loads 
automatically and the lilo selection screen does not load at all. This problem 
is fixed when selecting the first option in the installation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Select 'Install to first sector of mbr' in the bootloader part of the 
installation.
2. Finishing the installation successfully.
3. Rebooting the computer and seeing Windows loading automatically.
	

Actual Results:  Windows loads automatically with no sign of wither lilo or 
linux.

Expected Results:  The lilo boot screen should have appeard, allowing me to 
select whether I want to boot linux or windows.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-04 15:33:08 UTC

No, installing the boot loader to the first sector of the boot partition leaves
what was previously in the MBR (the NT loader as used by XP).  You must install
to the master boot record if you already have an OS booting from the MBR.