I have successfully used the procedure at http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/ntldr.php to dual boot using the Windows ntldr
Rob On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 23:25, Tim Wright wrote: > 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 > > "Language, like terrorism, targets civilians and generates fear to > effect political change." > > -- "Collateral Language" John Collins and Ross Glover ed. >
