Quoting "C.T. Paterson": > Two questions: > (1) Is it possible to rig things so that my Windows > will be content to boot when the drive is in the slave > position, and LILO is used with my slack drive in the > master position? I've tried this and get a black > screen after LILO does it's thing. No that is not possible. Windows insists on being on the bootable partition on the master drive. > (2) Is it possible to install LILO in the MBR of the > win drive (thus win in master position), but leave the > MBR of the slack drive untouched (so if the win drive > went away, Linux would boot happily)? Yes that is the way to go. Probably the easiest way to proceed is to get the system set up the way you want it (ie. Windows on the master, Slack on the slave), boot with the install/rescue CD (into command mode), edit your LILO configuration on the slave to give you the two systems on the boot screen (with your preferred one as the default) (save your old LILO config file for when the slave becomes the master again although you won't need to actually run it then since you already have it installed on the MBR of the slave), chroot to your slave drive, run LILO, and reboot without the CD. > I'm still holding out hope that one day I'll be able > to dump XP with nothing more complicated than a LILO > reconfig. Read the LILO docs for a good explanation of the way of setting up LILO. There are also some grub fans here on the list who may have an easier way of setting up your system using grub. I couldn't say as I've never used it. HTH, Jim