Hi! Dale Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:47:56 -0600, you wrote: > > >So, you may indeed be able to do this. In any case you should be able to use > >the > >NT Boot Loader to start linux. This is in fact what I do. Set up LILO in your > >linux partition and have it write the boot block there. Eg., if your linux > >partition were on the third scsi disk in the first partition, a command to do > >this would be 'dd if=/dev/sdc1 bs=512 count=1 of=linuxboo.bin'. Then copy > >that > >boot block to a file and stick that file in your main NT partition. Now edit > >your > >c:\boot.ini file and add a line for Linux, ala 'C:\linuxboo.bin="Linux"' > >(assuming you named the file "linuxboo.bin"). As long as your BIOS supports > >reading from the third drive this should work.
another automatic solution I'm currently using: # mount your c: drive RW. mount "c:" /mnt -tvfat # this file must exist when lilo is run. otherwise lilo complains. dd of=/dev/zero of=/mnt/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 and put boot=/mnt/linux.bin to your lilo.conf > I have read about this in one of the HOWTO's. This is a real pain for me > because my NT partition is ntfs, and I can't use linux tools to copy the boot > sector. You can use bootpart: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm It generates such chain loaders. Then the boot-sequence looks like: nt thingie bootpart lilo bootsector on your linux disk Regards Rainer --- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
