On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 03:05:32AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I've been using the NT bootloader for as long as I've been using Debian > to handle switching between my M$ OS's and Linux. However, since I've > switched to using Debian 364 days a year, this is no longer working for > me. My XP boot partition is NTFS. This means that any time I update my > kernel or update LILO I have to reboot into XP so that I can copy my > linux.bin to my boot drive. It's finally gotten to be enough of a hassle > that I've decided to do something about it. My boot partition is hda1 > (NTFS), and my root partition is hda2 (ext3). Currently, my linux boot > info is in /boot. What's the best way of going about using LILO as my > bootloader instead of the NT bootloader while still having the option of > booting into XP? > > -Alex > >
I left LILO for good and moved onto GRUB - I use it on my dual-booting Debian / W2K. It will use a chain loader to boot W2K/XP. Also, you don't have to do anything special every time you install a new kernel since GRUB can read your filesystem, in effect it boots Linux reading the /vmlinuz symlink. There is a sample config file in the deb package - you should be up and running in less than 10 minutes. I think there is also an article either in Linux Gazette or Linux Journal on using GRUB - a search on Google should bring it up. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
