On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:33:13 +0000
Steve Tickle <s.tickle [at] quarndon.co.uk> wrote:
> A colleague has just approached me with a problem regarding how to boot two
> different versions of Windoze 98 from two different HDs. He wasn't sure at
> the time if the BIOS allows him to boot from IDE0/IDE2 etc.
>
> We talked about a slightly more elegant way of doing things and LILO got
> mentioned. Would it be possible to put LILO on a boot floppy and select which
> (Windoze, remember) HD to boot from? If so, how would one go about
> configuring this up?
>
> Sorry it's not a thoroughbred Linux question but if LILO can do this, it's
> just one more example of Linux being superior to Windoze, after all.
> --
> Steve
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Running LILO with the -b option allows you to specify a boot device. Specifying your
floppy drive will install the boot loader on the inserted floppy disc.
You will need a config file to specify the partitions to boot from. The -C option to
LILO allows you to specify another config file (other than /etc/lilo.conf).
The following config boots from either the first partition on IDE0 or the first partition
on IDE2.
boot=/dev/fd0
menu-title="Win98 Boot Loader"
prompt
timeout=5
other=/dev/hda1
label=win98-1
other=/dev/hdc1
label=win98-2
You'll need LILO installed to do this, but there may be a way round that - I'm not sure.
--
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