I've read your problems with this... before reading on... would it be possible to borrow a floppy device from someone that would make life better for you? I haven't seen anyone pose this solution on this yet, so I'll put it out there. >From the following How-To: Please keep in mind that the Windows XP boot loader is almost the same as the Windows NT boot loader. http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Linux+NT-Loader.html Keep in mind, that this is for LILO, make the appropriate changes for GRUB. Under Linux ============== Boot the Linux install with the rescue CD. Now you have to peel the bootsector from your Linux-root-Partition. With /dev/hda2 as your linux-partition, the dd-command is: # dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 There is something wrong if your bootsect.lnx has more than 512 bytes. Now copy the file bootsect.lnx to a location where you can get it within windows xp. Under Windows =============== Copy the file from the saved location to C:\\bootsect.lnx. What lilo.conf is for linux is c:\\boot.ini for Windows NT. Remove the, system- and the read-only-attribute before you can modify it with: C:\attrib -s -r c:\boot.ini Now change the file boot.ini with an editor, notepad for example, as follows: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" Only the last line has been added in this example. Restore the attributes after you have saved boot.ini with: C:\attrib +s +r c:\boot.ini After a shutdown of your Windows NT and a restart your should see the following: OS Loader V4.00 Please select the operating system to start: Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode] Linux Select Linux and see LILO loading zImage .... -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
