Windows XP/Linux.. Cant Boot Linux! Help!

[chrisst441]

I Have a Laptop that I had installed with Windows XP. I recently used Partition Magic to Reduce my NTFS partition so I would have room to install Red Hat. I completed the Installation, Rebooted, and the computer just boots into Windows XP, and does not give me a choice of Operating Systems. What Can I do so I can choose which I want to boot?

[furrycat]

Put LILO on the MBR. Red Hat's installer will give you the chance to do this - without having to reinstall everything else too.

[gagrilli]

******Put LILO on the MBR. Red Hat's installer will give you the chance to do this - without having to reinstall everything else too.*****

Just thinking... If you put LILO on the MBR, it will erase everything your boot manager has there. Now, if that is XP 's boot manager Ithink It's OK, but if you use Boot Magic, then you have a problem, because you probably won't be able to boot XP. I think the correct way of things( in an XP system, assuming you go with BootMagic) is :
1.Make room for Linux
2.Make a bootmagic Rescue disk
3.Install Linux, mounting of course the XP partitions and putting LILO in the /root partition and NOT the MBR
4.Reboot in XP and add Linux to the Bootmagic config menu
5.Reboot in Linux...

at least that way it works for me (WinME, Win98, WinXP, DOS, Mandrake 8.1)