[lug] NT/Linux dual boot setup?
Hugh Brown
hugh at math.byu.edu
Sat Feb 5 17:14:33 MST 2000
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
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