lilo and ntfs

[White, Matt]

The boot loader can be located in the boot sector or in the MBR; LILO
actually gets installed in the MBR thus overwriting the NTLoader.  This is
why I recommend installing Windows XP first.

Matt

> Hi all. Thanks for the replies Lorenzo and Mat, I will finish the Debian
>  install on my friend's box tomorrow in that case. Just a question
> though. As  far as I know, according to a normal boot process the Bios
> first checks for  the presence of any other boot media, and then
> executes the boot loader which  reads the Mbr. If I were to overwrite
> the mbr, wouldn't the nt loader have a  fit because its mbr is nowhere
> to be found? Or would the presence of the nt  loader go away entirely? I
> am just asking because as far as I have known an  MBR is supposed to be
> contained on Secrot 0 of the hard disk. Since an  operating system is
> being installed to somewhere around cylinder 2131, I was  just curious
> as to how Lilo would access the existing MBR to overwrite it?
>
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