On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Hugo Carvalho wrote:
>
> > > A:\> fdisk /mbr
> >
> > Any DOS version?
>
> Yes.
>
> > will this install the NT loader back in the MBR or call it from where ever it
> > is (NT part I guess)?
>
> <Puts on instructor hat>
>
> Every Microsoft OS I've ever run, including NT and Win2K, boots from
> exactly the same MBR as MS-DOS 5.0 (haven't used older than that). The
> mbr - first 512byte sector - simply reads the partition table - second
> 512byte sector - and tries to load the boot sector of the partition
> flagged bootable. "Active" in MS-speak.
> As a matter of fact, you can easily boot Linux from a MS MBR, if the
> boot partition is first. I haven't tried it, but the second (sda1 or
> sda2, or sda5 if sda2 is extended) partition "should" work as well. All
> you need to do is toggle the partition with your /boot directory
> bootable in linux fdisk, install LILO in the boot sector of that
> partition, and restore the MS mbr. Of course, the 1023-cylinder
> limitations are still in effect.
>
> Oh, yeah.
> I dunno why Linux won't boot NT, even if ntfs is compiled into the
> kernel. Maybe somebody else can enlighten us.
>
> See ya later,
> Doc
>
>
I do not know hte full answer, as some people can get lilo to boot NT.
But one thing to keep in mind - the lilo boot loader does not know about
ANY file system, It just knows where on the disk the information it
wants is. (At least untill you move it, and do not update the map
file.) When booting other O/Ss, lilo uses a boot loader that basicly
changes to the O/S's own boot loader. This is a simplifed version. For
the full version, check the lilo docs.
Mikkel
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