--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To my understanding grub is supposed to be a more > robust boot manager,
It is also a boot loader with many more features than LILO. See http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.90/html_chapter/grub_1.html#SEC4 > however I have not figured out how to modify any of > the settings in > grub. Daniel Robbins has written a great tutorial on Grub: http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/linux-onlinecourse-bytitle/0F1731DC664023B7862569D0005C44AF?OpenDocument > I have been extremely successful in > modifying, adding, removing > boot configurations to lilo however. It is much > easier to use lilo with > windows partitions in my opinion. 'Course that is > probably because of > my ignorance..... Grub is well worth the effort in getting to know. The command line interface for Grub gives you a lot more commands to play with than LILO, for one. Supports network booting for another (no EPROM needed) via TFTP. And supports serial terminals, for one more. See the URLs above for more info on the many features available. John Hebert > Shannon > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 12:51, John Hebert wrote: > > I've installed RedHat 7.2 with Grub as the boot > loader > > on a Sony Vaio laptop with M$ Windows XP on it > > originally and had no problems. Make sure that > during > > the installation that it recognizes that Windows > XP is > > a boot menu option. > > > > When I blew away my RedHat 7.2 install and > replaced it > > with Gentoo booting using Grub, I _did_ wipe out > my NT > > boot loader. I was able to repair it with > > http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm and now use a > > Grub boot disk to boot into Gentoo. Gonna figure > out > > how to fix that one day... :) > > > > But before you do anything, make a WinXP Repair > Disk. > > WinXP is basically the same as WinNT as far as > booting > > goes. Read the following to find out how to > multi-boot > > WinNT and Linux: > > > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Multiboot-with-LILO.html > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Multiboot-with-GRUB.html > > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html > > > > But in your specific case, I'll bet it will work > just > > fine. You can always use the WinXP Repair Disk to > > repair your NT boot loader. I think. If that > doesn't > > work, try: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > > > > Good luck! > > > > John Hebert > > > > --- Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did you install the 80GB (I assume not MB)? Do > you > > > have the CD for XP? > > > If you did the above, you should have no > trouble. > > > The problem is when you > > > purchase a computer with the XP CD in a hidden > > > partition. I have heard that > > > Linux install will wipe out the hidden > partition. > > > Comments anyone? > > > Larry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Bart G. Denys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 6:50 PM > > > Subject: [brlug-general] Dual boot Windows XP > and > > > Red Hat 7.3 > > > > > > > > > > I have 1G PIII with 80 MB HD: > > > > > > > > Partition 1 (FAT32) 20MB : windows XP > > > > Partition 2 (FAT32) 20MB > > > > Free and unformatted/unpartitioned 40 MB > > > > > > > > The install correctly identifies the extended > > > partition of 40 MB and makes > > > > it hda5. Additional boot/root/swap partitions > are > > > suggested. > > > > > > > > I have a choice of installing GRUB in the MBR > > > (hda1) or at the beginning > > > of > > > > the linux boot partition. > > > > > > > > Question: > > > > 1. Can I install in the MBR (hda1) without > > > "screwing up" XP? > > > > 2. If I can not and install at the linux boot > > > sector, how do I get to it? > > > > > > > > I have seen several references to Win2000 and > am > > > not sure if that applies > > > to > > > > XP. > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > Bart > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
