Re: killing off the *)&@ NT bootloader

[Rafael Kitover <rkitover@io.com>]

I use the NT bootloader to boot between NT/dos|95/linux, the
Linux+NT+Win95 or whatever it was called HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini was
very helpful, basically I have an entry for c:\bootsect.lnx in my
c:\boot.ini. And updated it with a new kernel or whatever. So basically
after a new kernel I do:

dd if=/dev/sda5 of=/win95/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1

where /dev/sda5 is my linux partition and /win95 is my win95 (primary dos
or whatever the hell) partition.

Also, the howto says you have to copy the bootsect file to a floppy and
reboot or whatever, but using something like the above this step is not
necessary.

On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 08:13:01PM -0500, Sean Johnson wrote:
> An easier solution is to open Disk Administrator {Start-Programs-Administrative
> Tools-Disk Administrator} and mark the Linux partition as active.
> 
> Sean
> 
> Jeff Katcher wrote:
> 
> > "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." wrote:
> > >
> > > yikes, that thing is stubborn.  I've supposedly installed lilo half a
> > > dozen times, and the thing still comes up asking which NT configuration
> > > to use . . .
> > >
> > > It needs to be able to boot NT at least for a little while . . .
> > >
> > Okay, i'm flyin by the seat of my pants here, but you should be able to
> > add an entry to the NT C:\BOOT.INI file that will point to your linux in
> > some way (isn't there a howto on this somewhere??)  try the linux
> > howto's maybe there is a Linux+NT HOWTO.
> >
> > Jeff
> >

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Rafael Kitover
rkitover@io.com