Dual Boot Machines

It seems like every operating system wants to be in the master boot record (MBR). Even Linux likes to be there. This is because the Master Boot Record is the first place that the BIOS goes to start loading your operating system. With a single boot machine this does not really matter, but on a dual boot machine this becomes important. Figure out which operating systems you want to install. Once that is figured out you will need to figure out which one you want to boot the other operating systems. Linux is good at booting operating systems that are in FAT partitions, but still does not do well with NTFS and some others. The operating system that boots the others should be installed last so that it is installed in the master boot record. In the lilo configuration section of Linux installation you will want to type in boot labels for each OS that you want to boot. Then you will need to select the OS that you want booted by default. After installation you can modify the default OS by editing your /etc/lilo.conf file and changing the default label to boot.