On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 05:00:35PM -0800, Linux Canuck wrote:
> Ntldr is Windows. Linux does not use ntldr. You cannot use the Windows
> bootloader to boot Linux. In fact Windows is dumb to Linux's existence. You
> cannot even read a Linux formatted drive from Windows without the help of a
> third party utility, so it should not be surprising. Fortunately, Linux is
> smarter than Windows. It can boot Windows, Linux or any installed OS and read
> any kind of drive.
>
Actually, Windows can boot Linux. It's a lot more work to get it going
than to do the reverse.
However, I remember a rainy afternoon when my friend Dave and I trashed
various systems getting it to work.
I have a very dated howto about it--most of the info about getting
Windows to boot Linux should still be accurate, though you would
substitute grub for Lilo.
http:/home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/lilo.html
> Linux uses a bootloader called grub that gives you a menu that allows you to
> choose between installed OSes.
>
What he said. :) It's far far less of a headache.
> The rule of thumb is to install Windows first and make sure it is working
> properly, then install Linux. Linux will overwrite the Windows bootloader and
> install its own bootloader(grub). Linux will become the default OS and will
> boot automatically if you press nothing. This can be changed so that Windows
> is the default OS.
>
Again, what he said. :)
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