Did this, but it gave me a Grub error.... _______________________ Lester Bauman * USE THE PEAK SOLUTIONS SYSTEM EDITOR FOR EMAIL-ONLY INTERNET CONNECTIONS >-----Original Message----- >From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com >[mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dave Yantis >Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:57 PM >To: psyche-list@redhat.com >Subject: RE: Email and printing > > >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/psych>e-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
