Eric,
I'm glad you mentioned to copy the linux.bin file directly to a floppy.
Have to try that out. thx!
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From: Eric Hancock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jorge Ortiz
Subject: Re: Problem on dual booting RHLinux7 and w2k Professional
This is exactly correct. Don't forget that if your hard drive is large,
and you install the linux boot partition past the first 8 gigabytes, you
may need to add a line containing "lba32" (minus the quotes) to your
/etc/lilo.conf.
If you do need this, remember to make the change and execute /sbin/lilo
_before_ issuing the `dd` command Jorge mentions below.
Also, in Jorge's example, you can just mound a DOS formatted floppy, and
issue the command:
dd if=<your boot partition> of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin bs=512 count=1
...then use the floppy to transfer the linux.bin to your C: drive. This
is one of those things I wish was printed in bold in the distributions'
manuals.
E -
On Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 01:20 AM, Jorge Ortiz wrote:
> I just installed RH Linux 7.1 on a computer w/ W2K and it's working
> great. I get the W2k option to boot either W2k or Linux. First,
> install W2K.
> 2nd, install Linux and select not to install Linux on the MBR.
> 3rd, boot to a boot floppy or installation disk. You need to make a
> file with the Linux boot loader by copying the 1st 512 bytes of it.
Do
> this in the linux prompt: dd if=/dev/hda# of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1
> (#= partition number). You then copy/transfer( i emailed it to
myself)
> this file on the w2k root partition (c:/).
> 4th, in W2k, go to the start menu-->run-->boot.ini and add the line:
> c:\linux.bin="Linux"
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