On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:09:37 -0700, in gmane.linux.gentoo.user, "Mark
Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I would like to get rid of SC7 completely. However, if I just remove it
>then I think the system will only boot Windows.
What flavor of Windows do you have? I use Windows 2000. It was the
first OS on my PC and I didn't want to put my MBR (master boot
record) at risk. Windows 2000 has a simple bootloader. I use it to
start GRUB from the /boot partition, which in turn fires up Gentoo.
I had to make a copy (under Linux) of the /boot partition's boot
sector (on a floppy or a FAT partition); then copy it under Windows
into its file system (NTFS in my case) - it can even reside in
sub-directory (e.g. c:\genntoo\bootsect.gn2). That filename must be
put into c:\boot.ini.
With Windows 9x/ME things may be different. It is possible to start
Linuxes from a _real_ DOS (utility LOADLIN.EXE); not from DOS-box
under Windows. I use that on an old 486 box (DOS+Win3.1+LoopLinux).
Best regards,
-Heribert
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Heribert Slama
Muttenz, Switzerland
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