>>>>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" I had picked up some instructions on doing this earlier. But I get an error message "Grub hard drive error" when I pick the Linux option on booting... Is there something else I need to config? --Lester -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
