On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:45:17 -0700, Lester Bauman wrote: > >>>3. Is there any way to get my Xp bootloader to load Linux? >> >>Probably, but that's not how I'd do it... >> >>1. Let grub replace the MBR on the boot disk (IMO this is easiest, >>but >>purists will argue it's the wrong way to do it) > >Would this mean reinstalling RH from scratch? > > I am doing what you want to do. You do not need to reinstall RH to get the XP loader to load both Linux and XP. I do not have the exact steps in front of me but I found them but doing a simple hunt with http://www.google.com/ Look for: "NT Loader" linux boot Be sure to include the quotes around the NT Loader part. Essentially,as long as you have a /boot mount in Linux, you should be fine. While booted in Linux, I used this command to get the bootsector from the /boot drive: dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/floppy/bootsect.lin bs=512 count=1 where /dev/hda2 was where my /boot was mounted and the /mnt/floppy was the mount for my floppy drive. That gave me a floppy with the bootsector for linux. I booted XP. I copied the bootsect.lin to C:\. Then you edit boot.ini and add a line at the bottom for Linux. This is what my boot.ini looks like: [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Pro" /fastdetect C:\bootsect.lin = "Linux 8.0" (there is some line wrapping there) Good hunting, dy -- There are only 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't. http://www.yantis.org -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
