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Just recently there was some discussion on LILO & NT Loader. I had found a
mini HOW-TO regarding dual booting Linux with NT. Accordingly one can have
NT loader boot to LILO. One has to do the following,
1. Install LILO on the first sector of the Linux partition
2. Then run the following command in Linux.
# dd if=/dev/hda2 of=~/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
[Assuming that Linux is booting from 2nd partition of first harddisk]
3. copy bootsect.lnx [you can give whatever extension that you like,
except (of course!) .bat,.com,.exe,... etc.] to the other partition
which is visible to NT.
4. Assuming bootsect.lnx is copied in C:\ modify boot.ini and add the
line, [this will require changing the attributes of boot.ini]
C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"
5. Save the file [and the attributes] and reboot. On selecting "Linux",
the LILO prompt comes from where one can boot to Linux.
I had this setting earlier. But then, once by mistake installed the LILO
on my MBR and then had a little problem removing it. Since then I use
loadlin. I am much comfortable with it.
Rajen.
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