Colyn wrote:
> I installed Gentoo on a laptop. I now plan to install it on a PC with
> Windows 2k and dual boot.
>
> Do I need to make the linux boot partition bootable by placing the (*)
> since the NTFS partition is already toggled bootable?
>
>
If you install Linux after Windows than it's the easy way.
Just keep Windows partition as bootable - otherwise windows wont boot.
Grub or Lilo can boot from any partition - make it your OS loader.

Regards,
m.s.w