On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Julian Visch wrote:
> All my searching on Google implies that one can't dual boot using just lilo
> and that you can't install lilo on the MBR. Is this true? If not does one
> just proceed as one would with dual boot Linux + Linux?
> If it makes any difference, they are on separate hard drives.
I've tried with great length, and no success, to get a machine duel
booting Win2K and Linux (pun intented). However, this was from the same
drive. Win 2K didn't like having it's boot sector overwritten by Lilo. You
should be able to do it easily from two drives (in theory. I haven't tried
what I'm about to tell you).
1. Install the windows drive only. Set the BIOS to boot from it. Install
Win2K on it.
2. Install the Linux drive as well. Set the BIOS to boot from the Linux
drive. Install Linux on it.
3. Your lilo.conf should look something like this (replace the values with
your values):
# some Lilo variables
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
default=Linux
# standard Linux boot image thingy
image=/boot/2.4.21
label=Linux
root=/dev/hda1
# here's the key --- boot from the MBR from the Windows drive, not
# the windows partition on that drive!
other=/dev/hdc
Label=Windows
(of course, triple check what I've just sent. You can't be too paranoid
when dealing with boot loaders.)
Tim Wright
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury
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