Hi Tristan Day <that's you!>; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > After going through the 'NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO,' I managed to dual > boot Linux and NT, but only using a boot floppy for Linux. Although I am > pleased that this time I installed Debian it didn't lock me out of NT, I > still want to dual-boot from my hard drive as promised by the HOWTO. > > I have copied the bootsector using > > dd if-/dev/hda6 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 > > and put it onto my c: drive, and put the line > > C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" > > into the end of my Boot.ini file, but on booting and selecting Linux from > the NT Dual Boot screen, I get > > "NTDETECT 4.00 > > ERROR: NT CANNOT FIND THE FILE /WINNT/SYSTEM32/NTOSKRNL.EXE > > PLEASE INSTALL THIS FILE AND TRY AGAIN" > > and I have to reboot. I tried copying the bootsector of my boot floppy, but > the same happened again. NT is looking for another installation of NT, when > it should just load Linux. > > Help!!! >
I'm using this method for months now without a problem...Did you re-run /sbin/lilo after editing the /etc/lil.conf to include a line like : boot=/dev/hda6 Damir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]