Sounds good .where and when on Saturday?
Ta Bernard -----Original Message----- From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 1:44 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: a problem - How to set up dual boot in Windows with Linux on two disks. sure, that's easy... <ELETIST MODE ON> Would you like to drop over with it on Saturday when we're sorting out Davids machine? </ELETIST MODE> Other wise... You can set up the xp boot loader to boot in to the linux disk. Or you can set up grub or lilo - OSS boot loaders... Using the XP one means you don't need to install anything. edit C:\boot.ini to contain the line: [ C:\bootsect.lin="Linux" ] ..and copy that C:\bootsect.lin file from /boot/grub/stage1 Cheers Don Bernard wrote: > Ok hoping I can get help with this and hoping i have explained it well. > > I have a pc with 2 hd one is quite large about 200gb running win xp the > other is approx 50gb which is partioned with linux (sorry not sure of > version) and the other partion carries personall stuff (music photos > etc) which are in windows format. > Both HD have (MBR) > > I had a dual boot loader to boot to either Linux or windows but I had to > format my maching and re-load windows on the larger of the two HD, now I > can not read the smaller of the two HD neither can I boot to Linux. > > I have set the 2nd HD as a slave drive. > > What I want to do is to access Linux again by installing a boot loader > and hopefully at the same time have access to the other partion on the > smaller HD. > > I then want to Backup my data and reformat the smaller of two HD > (keeping it as the slave still so it can read by windows) delete the > boot loader if there is one and just run Linux from a dvd. > > Hope that makes sense and hopefully there is some person/s who can help. > > PS please keep it simple :) > > ta > > Bernard -- Don Gould www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - www.crra.org.nz - www.justhelicopters.co.nz - www.buxtonsquare.co.nz - skype:ThinkDesignPrint?add - Good ideas: www.solarking.co.nz -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/697 - Release Date: 22/02/2007 11:55 a.m.
