Hello,
I posted this exact message here a week or two ago. The boot loader
mechanism for Windows 2000 is the same as it as always been for Windows NT
-- there is NO difference. This means that "some old howto from 1997 and the
first revision of NT4" will be accurate.
That said, here is the procedure to use Windows 2000 boot loader to
dual/Multi-boot Linux:
Assumptions:
-------------------
* You need to either compile the kernel to read/write NTFS,
or use a floppy to transfer the file you're about to build
from on OS to the other. Existing NTFS support works just
fine for this, no "new NTFS" support is required.
* You have a valid Windows 2000 boot loader. If you don't, Win2K can put
one there via standard recovery procedures (recovery console, etc).
* Windows 2000 is on /dev/hda1, and LILO on /dev/hda5 if not,
make appropriate changes.
1) Edit lilo.conf to put LILO on the /dev/hda5 partition, rather than the
MBR
2) Run LILO
3a) If you have NTFS writeable:
# mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/w2k
# dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/mnt/w2k/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
3b) If not, and you're going by floppy
Insert a DOS formatted floppy into the drive
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
# dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/mnt/floppy/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
(reboot to W2K)
C:\> COPY A:\BOOTSECT.LNX C:\BOOTSECT.LNX
4) From W2K:
C:\> EDIT BOOT.INI
Add:
C:\BOOTSECT.LNX = "Linux - The Choice of a GNU Generation"
as the last line. You can also change the default to Linux by
editing the 'default=' line to:
default=c:\bootsect.lnx
At this point, when you can boot either Linux or Windows 2000.
-- Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Costomiris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 8:26 AM
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Subject: Re: HOW? HOWTO? LILO, Win2000, Dual Boot,
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 03:52:20PM +0000, jon wrote:
:
: I have tried searching the redhat site and found nothing specific. Where
can I
: find SPECIFIC instructions to get RH6.0/6/1 installed on an EXISTING
: Windows2000 Pro installation. I am looking for something which is UPTO
DATE
: and not some old howto from 1997 and the first revision of NT4.
:
: A little side info....
:
: I have a 4.2GB IDE drive sitting at the first device (IDE-0). There is a
little
: 300mb fat32 partition there from an existing Win98 install. The remaining
3.9GB
: is unclaimed and awaiting RH Linux. Win2K resides on two other scsi
devices.
: Win98SE + RH6.0 was an easy dual boot config but I can't afford to screw
up the
: existing Win2K install.
I'll assume that you have the ability to select 98 or 2000 from the
win2k bootloader.
Install lilo in the mbr of your boot drive. You'll choose between Linux
and the Win2k bootloader, at which time you can choose to boot win98.
--
Jason Costomiris <><
Technologist, cryptogeek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
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