Another option is to use ntldr, the windows nt loader. There is a minihowto describing how to do this under winnt4, but I can tell you from experience that if you follow that, the procedure under winxp at least is exactly the same as described. Greg -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mikster4@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Regarding running Linux with Speakup under a virtual machinewith Windows XP > To add another option, it is possible to set up dual boot on the > computer and make windows the default. If you think the lilo, grub or > other boot loader screen would be off-putting to the rest of your > family, you can install lilo (I don't know about grub) to a floppy disk, > and leave the windows boot loader on the HD, so when you want linux > stick the lilo disk in. I guess you could actually install lilo to any > disk that you could boot from, eg. USB storage devices, etc. NOTE: with > this it is only the boot loader on the removable media, the OS is still > on the HD and so will behave as you would want and expect. I don't know > if other distros offer installing the boot loader to other places like > floppy, but I know slackware allows lilo on a floppy from the installer > (any distro should be able to install lilo to a floppy but you may need > to do it once it is installed). > > From > Michael Whapples
