Barney Wrightson wrote: > Quenten Griffith wrote: > >> Well that is good to know that lilo can and backs up the org. MBR, but >> basically there seems no way to boot Debian with the WIN2k Boot >> loader. I don't have a problem with that but my friend may be leary. >> > > I believe it is actually possible to get the W2K boot loader to boot > other OSs like linux and solaris x86, but I haven't done it myself. You > would probably need lilo installed on the linux boot partition rather > than in MBR and then modify the c:\boot.ini in W2K to point to your > linux install. You will need to google for the details though. > > Be warned though, I believe it contravenes the MS EULA to boot any > non-MS OS using their boot loader. (as if that would stop people dual > booting, actually it seems more like a challenge to me :)) > > HTH > Barney. > >
I don't have Win2K here, so this is speculation at best, BUT I recall a very nice "Mini HOWTO" on using the WinNT bootloader to boot linux. Maybe M$ hasn't changed how their boot-loader works since NT?? The mini-HOWTO can be found at the LDP at: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc6. Maybe you can get some ideas there. Incidently, I have an old DEC Alpha XLT-300 that was primarily made to run WinNT. I have Debian Woody running on it, and the boot-up schema is quite unique. Basically it uses the boot-loader to call loadlin.exe which then runs the kernel. (It is a little more complicated than that <grin>). If you can boot Linux from within Win2K using loadlin.exe, then you "should" be able to automate this with the bootloader. As a last resort, booting from within Win2K using loadlin.exe seems to also "fit the bill" for your friend. It might be a bit tedious to first boot into Win2k then run the linload script, but he would have the comfort of knowing Win2K still boots!! Cheers, -Don Spoon- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
