From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) 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:
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.