On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Cindy Pearce wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I use another distribution of Linux so I can't guarantee this will work but
> here goes...
>
> Assuming that NT is installed and the boot partition is FAT so Linux can
> write to it, install Linux and put LILO in Linux's root partiton, not in the
> MBR. You then have to mount the boot partition in Linux and copy the LILO
> boot sector to it. Afterwards, you can add a line to boot.ini to include
> Linux in the menu.
>
> For example:
>
> MBR is /dev/sda
> Linux root partiton is /dev/sda3
> Mount the boot partiton to /mnt/dos
> Use the following: /bin/dd if=/dev/sda3 bs=512 of=/root/bootsek.lin
> Copy bootsek.lin from /root to /mnt/dos
> Boot NT and remove the read-only and archive attributes from boot.ini so you
> can edit it.
> Open boot.ini in Notepad and add this line: c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
> Save boot.ini and reset the attributes.
>
> YMMV and all comments and criticism welcome.
>
> Cindy
Nice OSS solution congrats.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Rich
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:15 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Adding Mandrake to NT Boot loader
> >
> >
> > How do I add an entry to the NT boot loader so that I can boot Linux
> > straight from it instead of from my boot floppy? Seems like there is a DC
> > or some sort of command to grab the boot sector and write it to a
> > file, but
> > i'm not sure exactly how to do it.
> >
> > Anyone know how?
> >
> > Michael Rich
> > http://alphax86dev.cjb.net
> >
> >
>
