Re: multiple boot? win98, winNT, linux?
I believe the only way you can choose between Win98 and NT on the same
partition is to use the NT partition manager.
Fortunately, you can get the WinNT partition manager to boot linux as as
option.
copy the first 512 bytes of your linux partiton into a file
ie: # dd if=/dev/sda3 of=somefile bs=1 count=512
copy that file into your root directory on your win98/nt partition
then edit your boot config file and add the line c:\somefile="linux"
(sorry, I can't remember exactly what this file is called or the exactly
format, I haven't done this in a while, but I believe its fairly obvious)
set sda1 as the default partition to boot, reboot, and you should be able to
boot linux from the NT partition manager.
Note: You'll need to recreate "somefile", everytime you run lilo.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Yang <daniel.w.yang@mindspring.com>
To: Aaron Solochek <leko@cmu.edu>; debian- user
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Friday, July 16, 1999 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: multiple boot? win98, winNT, linux?
>There is a free utility called partition manager which contains a compact
>boot manager. This boot manager allows your to boot multiple OS in any
>partition. I installed win98 on hd1 and linux on hd3. I partitioned hd2 as
>NFS file system and was going to install NT. You may search the web for
>Partition Manager since I can't remember which website it is
>Daniel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aaron Solochek <leko@cmu.edu>
>To: debian- user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>Date: Thursday, July 15, 1999 8:10 PM
>Subject: multiple boot? win98, winNT, linux?
>
>
>>I'm trying to get a machine to boot win98, winNT and linux. 98 and NT
>>both live on sda1, while linux on sda3. Right now the best I can do is
>>get lilo to give me a "windows" option then that loads the NT boot
>>manager. I want only one boot manager, and I really don't care which
>>one it is. How can I do this?
>>
>>-Aaron Solochek
>> leko@cmu.edu
>>
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