[lug] NT/Linux dual boot setup?

[Hugh Brown]

I tried the bootsect.lin trick with a system that was scsi only.  NT was
on the first disk and Linux was on the second disk.  The trick didn't
work, we had to boot with a bootdisk.

So with the following, YMMV greatly.

Hugh


> Elyse:
> I followed the attached instructions, which were posted to this list at an
> earlier time.  The setup works great for me!
> 
> Ferdinand
> 
> NT - Linux dual boot:
> 
> Date:             Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:00:07 -0600
> From:             "Moore, Kevin L" <klmoore at ball.com>
> Reply-To:         lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> To:               "'lug at lug.boulder.co.us'" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> 
> Jeff, install lilo into the boot block of your Linux root partition and then
> copy that boot block to a file:
> 
> dd if=/dev/hda1 of=boosect.lin bs=512 count=1
> 
> change the above partition to whatever lilo is installed on and then copy
> bootsect.lin to a floppy. Boot into NT and copy bootsect.lin to the root of
> your system drive (C:\).
> Change the attributes on boot.ini to make it writeable, and add this line to
> it:
> 
> C:\bootsect.lin "Linux Version x.xxx"
> 
> Change boot.ini back to read only and you should be good to go. Let me know
> if you have any questions....Kevin
> 
> Systems Administrator
> Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
> Boulder, Colorado
> 303.939.6174