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by yasasvi

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my box's config is 20 GB IDE,PIII 800, 128 MB SDRAM, Intel 810 E mother board,realtek fast pci ethercard.

I was running win98/red hat 7. I installed win2k using bootable CD.Now, lilo has disappeared.It's directly booting to win2k.File system is FAT 32.I haven't shifted to NTFS.If I shift to NTFS, will there be any problem for Master boot records

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by zamski

This happens because Win2k obnoxiously overwrites the boot code in the Mater Boot Record. You can fix it by booting from a Linux Rescue or boot disk and accessing your Linux partition. Log in as root and reinstall LILO in the MBR by entering:
lilo -b /dev/hda at the prompt. You might have to edit /etc/lilo.conf if LILO doesn't see your Windows partition after.

You can upgrade your partition to NTFS and your Master Boot Record could care less. HOWEVER, if you have the Windows partition automatically mounted when Linux loads, you might have to edit your /etc/fstab file to reflect the change of filesystem.

Check the man pages for more specific info.

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