On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:56:48PM +0100, Bruno BEAUFILS wrote: > > I know that this question is not specially relevant to debian, but I > do not know where to ask it anywhere else :-( > > I want to boot a bunch of dual-boot stations which are running under > Windows 2000 to Linux. I tried loadlin but it does not work because > of protected mode.
loadlin and syslinux both work from DOS, and won't work on Windows 2000 (Windows NT/2000/XP are not DOS-based). > I can modify lilo boot loader since those stations are oftenly > cloned by Ghost and that default boot options must stay Windows. Lilo can be set up to boot Windows 2000 by default, just be sure to install Linux *after* you install Windows. Grub can also be set up to boot Windows 2000 for you. Either can be set up so that they look innocuous to a person who might be afraid of a boot menu. Alternately, if you are not permitted to touch the MBR, you can make a very flexible boot floppy with grub. After installing the Debian grub package, you can make a grub boot floppy as simply as "grub-floppy /dev/fd0". Best of Luck, -Gleef -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
