NO BOOT!!! NT loader
Ow Mun Heng
ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Thu Dec 18 02:53:36 UTC 2003
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Stagg [mailto:scstagg at wisc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:49 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: NO BOOT!!! NT loader
>
>
> I'm new to Linux and wanted to use the NT loader as I still
> want XP to work
> well. I have two 120GB drives, hda with XP and recently
> installed hdb with
> Fedora. I want to use nt loader and not have to monkey around
> with the MBR
> of hda as She Who Must Be Obeyed uses this (for the time
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Hi,
This is my little Howto for my own reference. (I usually write
simple howtos
to document how I did something in case I screw things up and don't know how
I did
it in the 1st place. & I do a lot of (both of) those :)
I'm using XP+Linux using NT Bootloader + bootpart to load Linux/Grub.
I hope this attachment goes through.. Else, please mail me off-line
Gist of it..
Install XP
Install Linux
MBR of Linux is into Root of Linux Disc. For you I think it's /dev/hdb
(/dev/hda is XP and that's where NT Loader resides)
Boot into XP
go to CMD.exe prompt, run bootpart
Determine where is your Linux Partition (/dev/hdb)
do a ->
Bootpart 1 Bootlinx.bin Linux
(Where 1 = partition number of the /dev/hdb or the MBR of Linux)
( Bootlinx.bin = The Bootsector of the LInux partition)
(Linux = The name to put into Boot.ini)
Reboot, you should see the Name Linux as an option in NT Loader.
Select Linux -> (will go to ) Grub -> Linux
Done.
PS : Personally, I prefer using GRUB but again, I'm not too comfortable in
wiping
of NT Loader. *In Case* something untowards happen.
PS2 : Nice one about "The One Who Must Be Obeyed".. I have one of those
too..
Mine's Serial # is 22341122444222-version2.rpm
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