On Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 01:50:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > There is an HOWTO about this topic, which I used to set up my > system. I seem to remember I had captaliztion problems editing the
This did not work for me. I did have to use bootpart. It works well though, for Linux; the promised booting of DOS and Win95 separate did not work (but I had tried that by hand and it did not work either.) > 5. The Linux part of the work > > You have to boot from diskettes until the NT-part is fixed. > > Now you have to peel the bootsector from your Linux-root-Partition. > With /dev/hda2 as your linux-partition, the dd-command is: > > # dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > > There is something wrong if your bootsect.lnx has more than 512 bytes. > > Now copy the file bootsect.lnx to a DOS-formated floppy if this is > your way to transfer files to the NTFS-Windows-partition. > > You can copy it with > > # mcopy /bootsect.lnx a: > > or with > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt > # copy /bootsect.lnx /mnt > # umount /mnt > > 6. The Windows NT part of the work > > Copy the file from the diskette to C:\bootsect.lnx. I don't tell you > how to do that. > > What lilo.conf is for linux is c:\boot.ini for Windows NT. Remove > the, system- and the read-only-attribute before you can modify it > with: > > C:\attrib -s -r c:\boot.ini > > Now change the file boot.ini with an editor, notepad for example, as > follows: > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... > C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" > > Only the last line has been added in this example. Restore the > attributes after you have saved boot.ini with: > > C:\attrib +s +r c:\boot.ini > > After a shutdown of your Windows NT and a restart your should see the > following: > > OS Loader V4.00 > > Please select the operating system to start: > > Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 > Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode] > Linux > > Select Linux and see > > LILO loading zImage .... > > 7. Play it again Sam > > A new copy of bootsect.lnx must be transfererd to C:\BOOTSECT.LNX evry > time the bootsector of your linux-partition has been modified. This > happens for example when you install a new kernel with lilo. As you > can see such a system in not ideal for testing experimental kernels. > > 8. Troubleshooting > > If things do not work as expected, check bootability with a floppy > disk. With /dev/hdb1 as your Linux-partition, your /etc/lilo.conf has > the following entries: > > root=/dev/hdb1 > boot=/dev/fd0 > > Run lilo with a diskette inserted. Now try to boot from the diskette. > If your Linux on /dev/hdb1 can't be started, the NT OS loader will > also fail to start it. If you see a lot of 01 01 01 01, your root- > disk is not accessible. Check whether all your disks are known by the > bios. > > If the floppy boots your Linux partition, you can peel of your boot- > sector for the NT OS loader with: > > # dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > > You can keep this diskette as your rescue-diskette just in case your > Windows NT installation breaks. > > 9. References > > · The Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO > > · The FAQ for FreeBSD 2.X > > 10. Acknowledgements > > · Thanks to Xiaoming Yi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the tip that the > procedures work also with other disks than the first one. > > · Thanks to Frank Dennler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for the diskette- > trick. > > 11. Feedback > > Any comments are welcome. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- Hamish Moffatt, StudIEAust [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 3rd year, RMIT. http://hamish.home.ml.org/ (PGP key here) CPOM: [***** ] 58% Your train has been cancelled due to defective government at Spring Street.. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
