Cool; thanks, Will. I just dropped by CIS, and Jared printed out for me his grub.conf
I like the idea of using　XP's boot record, as XP will pretty much stay on permanently, but the Linux distros will come and go.... William Diehl wrote: > I like to use the XP boot manager, maybe because I'm used to it. I guess > GRUB is more technically advanced though, if you wanted to put it on > your MBR and boot XP with it. Following are instructions for using the > XP boot manager with Linux though: > > Install XP > Install Linux, Grub on local partition only! Not on MBR. > Boot from Linux CD, on grub boot partition (/dev/hd??) perform > dd if=/dev/hd?? of=bootsect.lin bs=512 count=1 > This will copy the boot sector (containing GRUB) to a file > Copy bootsect.lin to a floppy or email it to yourself > Reboot into XP > Copy bootsect.lin to C:\ > Edit C:\boot.ini, add line > C:\bootsect.lin="Linux" > > Viola! > A quick googley found this SuSE document, but many more exist. > http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/10/fhassel_grub_nt.html > > William > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger E. Rustad, Jr. > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [909linux] Dual Boot > > Anyone have any suggestions on dual booting XP and Linux? Just put XP > on and am now forming a plan for Linux (preferably Gentoo). > > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > >
