I have used both lilo as well as the NT bootloader to multi boot between NT
and Linux. In fact orginally I used just lilo to multi boot. When you
install lilo in the MBR you have an option to boot into any other operating
system (not just NT).The default can be set during the Red Hat Installation
or by manually editing /etc/lilo.conf and running lilo at the prompt.
If you want to boot using the NT Bootloader , you have to install lilo in
the boot sector of the linux root partition.Then use dd to grab the 1st 512
bytes of the boot sector of this partition into a file called , say
bootsect.lnx. if i remember right the command should be dd if=/dev/hda8
Root partition) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1.Copy this file to a
partition accessable
to NT. If you have formatted all your NT partitions using NTFS , please copy
the bootsect.lnx file to a floppy using mcopy bootsect.lnx a: or whatever
floppy drive you want to and then back to the NT partition from NT as the
NTFS file system driver that is linked in by default( if it is built in your
kernel) is read-only.
The NT Bootloader can load any operating system by loading it's boot record
if it is in the form of a file.In fact NT dual boots Dos/windows 9x by
loading a file called bootsect.dos which cointains the boot record for
loading windows 9x/DOS and passing control to it. Remove the R and S
attributes from the file BOOT.INI.and add this line there.(* be very careful
here as any error to this file can cause NT to quit booting!*) write
drive:\bootsect.lnx="Linux". save the file and replace the attributes. Check
using the system properties in NT. i.e. right click on My computer and check
STARTUP to see whether Linux is available as a boot option.shut down and
restart . The boot loader should start and linux will appear as a boot
option. select it. if you don't see linux booting , you have not set the
default OS in lilo to linux. use tab in lilo and boot to linux.
I boot NT , 98 and linux on 1 system. My boot .ini is -
[Boot Loader]
timeout=15
Default=C:\
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Server Version 4.00
[VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux"
to learn more about the NT bootloader with Linux, read the
linux_with_NTbootloader or the multiboot with lilo with
Linux HOWTOs in the /usr/docs/HOWTO/mini directory.
> From: P C Kankaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ilug-cal] LINUS & NT
> Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 2:50 PM
>
> has any one installed successfully both LINUS server & NT server on a
> single computer (multi-boot).
>
> facing problem.
>
> need help.
>
>
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