Boot problem W2k/FC4 -

akonstam at trinity.edu akonstam at trinity.edu
Mon Feb 27 14:39:55 UTC 2006


On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 08:07:01PM -0500, Mauriat Miranda wrote:
> On 2/26/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > >> Some people dual-booting with Windows find it easier to keep Linux
> > >> completely on its own drive (bootloaders, and all), and put an entry
> > >> into the NT loader file so that the Windows boot menu gives you the
> > >> options of which drive to boot from.
> 
> > The boot.ini file (if I've remembered the correct file) in the Windows
> > C:/ drive is read just before Windows boots up.  In it are entries for
> > what windows will boot up.  If you can understand how to refer to the
> > right drive and partition, you can add an entry for your Linux drive.
> 
> Correct. I'd recommend the following:
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
> http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html
> 
> Mauriat
Using the Windows boot loader is the old way from Lilo days. There is
not problem double booting FC4 with Windows (XP or 2000) using grub. I
have done this on three of my machines. But the grub must be applied
after the Windows is installed.
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