As previously mentioned I have a work supplied Win2K Laptop, built on
NTFS. I couldn't install RH 7.1 because my free space began after the
1024 cylinder limit. I know there are many ways around this. I decided
to shrink the NTFS C: drive to smaller than 8Gb (below 1024 cyl) and to
add a D: drive, which is FAT32 (as shard R/W file space). I used
Partition Magic and all went well. I installed Red Hat 7.1 (/boot is
the partition right after the C: drive) and that went well. It's been
rebooted several times.
The problem is that I somehow missed the "MBR" option. Not a big deal.
RH wrote to the MBR and that's what I was using. Finally though I had
to get back to my Winblows system, for work (where I am now). I rewrote
the MBR so that the system would boot to Winblows. I'm sure I can get
to the Linux side with Tom's Root Boot Diskette (I couldn't make my own
diskette because my machine can only have a CD or a Diskette. I tried
to swap, but it didn't work).
So, any suggestions to get dual boot working? I've read a bunch of
howto's. The best, and most common, answer seems to be to use Window's
dual boot capabilities. I actually ran a command "dd if=/dev/hda2
of=bootsect.inx bs=512 count=1" to start bringing required boot files
over but I couldn't write to the diskette drive (different problem,
which I don't understand. I'll fix it later.). Could someone push me
in the right direction? Also, keep in mind my C: drive is NTFS. Many
documents indicate problems in that environment. I know I can't write
to it, and I don't care. If I have to I'll use Partition Magic to
change to FAT32, however that choice makes me very nervous.
TIA for any help, GGK
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