Mad Hatter wrote: >> Here are some of the facts: >> /dev/hda3 /mnt/win Windows XP >> /dev/hda5 /boot Kernel >> /dev/hda8 / Rest of Linux > > I too ran into this sort of problem, so I'm booting > with a GRUB boot diskette (so it's not as slow as > having > the entire kernel on the diskette, only GRUB). The > GRUB > manual describes how to do this: > > 1. cd /usr/share/grub/i386-pc > dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 > dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 > > 2. Now boot with the floopy and at the grub prompt > type these 3 commands: > root (hd0,4) > [Hopefully that works for /dev/hda5, you may > need to play with that a little; also try > find vmlinuz] > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 > boot > > Note that RH8.0 has stage1/stage2 files in /boot/grub > but these don't work; not sure what their purpose is. > > I'd like to use the NT bootloader to boot linux. With > LILO I could just copy the Linux boot sector to > C:\bootsect.lnx and add an entry to C:\boot.ini. > If anyone knows how to do this with Grub, I'd > appreciate > the info. Thanks. I use the NT bootloader with GRUB and it works fine. I would install grub using grub-install into the root disk that you installed linux in, not the MBR. grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/xxxx should work, where xxxx is the drive partition, e.g hda1. Use dd to generate another bootsect.lnx file using /dev/xxxx as your input device, and put this onto your windows disk and use the NT/XP boot loader. e.g dd if=/dev/xxxx of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1. Your grub.conf should contain a root=LABEL=/ next to your kernel (you can find this in your fstab). This is how I dual-boot my machine at home. Grub will load both fine if you install it in your MBR, but I am always hesitant to install grub or lilo into my MBR, as Windows always likes to overwrite the MBR.
see http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.92/html_mono/grub.html for more info. James Francis TechRx Inc. 530 Lindbergh Dr. Coraopolis, Pa. 15108 Phone: (412) 474-1078 Fax: (412) 474-1074 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
