Mark: Thanks for recommending bootpart. I used it successfully and it did the trick. It also indicated that I needed to use the LBA flag in order to get dual boot working. I can now successfully boot into linux using my XP boot loader.
Thanks to all who sent in comments and suggestions. Regards, Abhay -----Original Message----- From: Mark Pictor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:XP-LINUX Dual Boot - Still have problems (I don't subscribe to debian-user yet, I just happened to be browsing the archive, and saw this...) There's two things I would suggest if you don't want to replace the XP bootloader: 1) install LILO or GRUB on /dev/hdb. Go into the BIOS, and tell it to try booting that disk first. You can configure that bootloader to include Windows XP, and if it gets messed up, just go into the BIOS and reset it to boot the first hard disk. 2) There's a program called bootpart (http://winimage.com/bootpart.htm) which will add entries to boot.ini, as well as creating the corresponding boot-block image. It's nice, though I haven't used it much. (I already had loadlin set up under Win98, so now it's just a 2nd-level menu) I am not sure, but bootpart may only work from dos, or require C: to be FAT, or something... but it is definitely worth a try. Good luck Mark __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
