new partition

[Monty J. Harder]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 14:27:50 -0600 Brian Kelsay <bkelsay at askpioneer.com>
writes:

> I think that maybe only the physical partitions, not the logical, 
> could be
> bootable (until recently the 1024 cyl rule), but I am probably wrong 
> here.

  Depends on the MBR.  With a DOS/Win MBR, you're correct.  But a LILO
MBR knows how to find the rest of the boot loader even in a logical
partition.  It is possible to put LILO in the boot record of a primary,
and allow the old-fashioned MBR pass execution there, but not necessary,
at least until you re-install Windows, and it rewrites the MBR to suit
its fancy without so much as a by-your-leave.  Keep that boot floppy
handy in such cases.
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