Well the problem ended up being that the hard disk had a bad sector right in the area of the /boot partition (before the 1024K) point. So there for lilo was spitting out all those 01 01 01 01. Using Loadlin from with in win2k sounds also like a pretty good idea once the HD gets replaced. Leave it to MS to make a rule that says you can't use their boot loader to load non MS software.
Donald R. Spoon wrote: > 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]
