Re: [Sheflug] dual booting

["James Bruce" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

alternatively , if you dont like yucky linux commmands and dont have a
floppy disk drive like me....
(1) install win98
(2) install linux
(3) boot into win98, and upgrade it to win2k
(4) done.

james
----- Original Message -----
From: <xxxxx [at] arm.com>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] dual booting


>
> Unfortunately I'm not great on the lilo front, I do have a solution from
> the win2k side of things.
> I run a laptop dual booting win2k and linux, the best solution I've had so
> far is as follows :
> Install w2k
> do the install of linux and place lilo at the start of the /boot
partition.
> Make a boot disk - v important
> boot back into linux using boot disc and run the following command as root
> :
>      dd if=/dev/hda3 of=redhat.bin bs=512 count=1
> (where /dev/hda3 is your /boot partition, if you only use a single
> partition then it will be the / partition)
> copy the redhat.bin file to the root of your win2k install (C:\)
> modify boot.ini (hidden, read-only File in the root of c:) as follows :
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=c:\redhat.bin
> rem default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> c:\redhat.bin="Redhat Linux 7.2"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
>
> You should than have the option at boot to start linux or win2k.
> NB: You need to re run the dd command whenever you put a new kernel in
(and
> lilo )
>
> Rob
>
>
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