> If you try to setup dual boot, do NOT put grub or lilo into the > mbr as win2k has a sick problem with it (it will not boot).
This was what I read, and decided to play it safe since I don't have much slack to mess with this system and lose time fixing it. Your procedure below sounds good, if boot.ini doesn't work properly I can always go into recovery mode and restore a backup version. > I double checked the procedures for using win2k boot.ini and it > seems that the procedures I posted earlier are correct. ==> > I have successfully used XP with Slackware by doing the following: > > run liloconf (select expert mode) add only the linux partition in > the boot order, set the delay timer to 0, and install lilo into > the first sector of your linux partition (again, do NOT install > it in the master boot record!). > > run dd if=/dev/hdax of=/tmp/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 (replace > hdax with the partition you have linux installed on) > > copy /tmp/linux.bin to your Win2k c:\ > > then edit c:\boot.ini and add a line like this: > c:\linux.bin=Lunix > > here's an example: > ============================== > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="M$ Winblows XP" /fastdetect > c:\linux.bin="Lunix" > ==============================
