Jackie wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm planning on installing Slackware 10.1 and to use it as dual boot
> with WinXP. But I don't want to mess around with the MBR so I was
> thinking on installing it to the superblock as it's also an option in
> the Slackware installation proces.
>
> Now I'm familiar with the 1024 boundery so I was planning on using a
> very small /boot partition wich is within this boundery and keep my /,
> /home and /usr on my logical ppartition of the HD.
>
> Is this a valid partition schem for doing this?
>
> So I would install Lilo to the superblock (but Slack means superblock
> of / partition, shouldn't that be /boot?)
> And when adding Linux to Lilo I would choose the /boot partition as
> the partition to boot from. Am I correct?

Having a separate /boot partition is a quirk of "the other" Linux
distro's. However no-one is going to stop you if you want to have
/boot as a separate partition. The days of the 1024 cylinder boundary
limits for lilo are far gone, so this small /boot is really not necessary.

There is nothing against configuring lilo to install into the
superblock instead of the MBR. A matter of taste, the end result is
the same - you get dual boot.

As for howto's that instruct you how to add your Linux to the Windows
boot loader menu, there's loads of them on the Internet (didn't you
look?) but this one is nice since it tells you a lot on the side as well:

http://www.enterprisedt.com/publications/dual_boot.html

Cheers, Eric