HD Install :: DSL multi OS and mkliloboot

Hi everybody
I´m installing dsl on a pentium 100 with 80 mb of ram. I used the floppy to boot and dsl recognized tthe iso i extract to disk.
I have a swap created and a 1GB ext2 ready to do the hdisntall.During the dsl-hdinstall script, i'm prompted to start the execution of mkliloboot. In the same pc i have windows98 installed. Will the mkliloboot destroy the ability to boot to windows98? With options/configuration is required so i can boot both the OS's(windows98 and dsl)?

Thanks

If you need both windows and linux in your bootloader, the windows bootloader will likely need to be replaced. Windows doesn't support non-windows operating systems.
I've heard that it's possible to tweak a windows bootloader (boot.ini) to boot linux, but i haven't tried it and haven't heard much about it, so i assume it's not widely recommended.

I don't know if windows will be automatically detected in mkliloboot, but it is definitely supported...you can add the windows partition to lilo.conf after it is created. Another option is using Grub instead of Lilo.
If things go bad and you want your old bootloader back, windows has a tool to "repair" the mbr.

If I can add the line to the lilo.conf file that works for me!!! Can you just post a sample line that could represent an entry for the windows OS suposing that windows is located in /dev/hda1?
Where can i find that tool that to repair/fix the mbr for windows?

http://www.control-escape.com/linux/lilo-cfg.html

The tool is built into windows...i don't know much about 9x, but the NT-based systems have a "fixmbr" command which has done the job for me in the past....maybe it was "fixboot"...can't remember

My current problem is that i have lilo intalled but i can not boot DSL. In lilo boot i see the 2 options Linux and Windows. When i choose Linux my computer hangs...
Thanks I will test the lilo.conf file to see if i can solve the problem....

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