Re: Want to set up Dual Boot (sort of)
Another way to dual-boot (MS-based, not sure about ME) without messing
with the boot sector is to set up a menu in config.sys and have it use
loadlin to boot Linux. Of course, after a few years of this I bit the
bullet and now only boot Linux (I do have Win4Lin and VMware to run
Windows apps when there is no alternative).
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 02:23:37PM -0400, Michael B. Taylor wrote:
> Call me a rebel, or whatever, but I prefer not to put lilo in the harddrive
> boot sector on a machine that will dual (duel :P) boot with MS. I prefer
> to let MS have its way with the boots sector, an boot Linux with a lilo
> floppy, backed up by a spare lilo floppy and a rescue disk.
>
> Here is why: If you screw up lilo, you can just about always recover with
> your spare lilo.
>
> -- faster, unattended boots. If you are switching os's, you can select your
> new os by inserting or ejecting a floppy, starting the shutdown, and taking
> a break. You dont have to hang around and wait for lilo to ask you what to
> boot.
>
> -- safety: I had a friend who was running dual boot, and his Norton Anti-
> virus noticed that the boot sector had changed, and asked if he wanted to
> "fix" it. He said yes, and Norton put his system into an unbootable state.
>
> There are many ways to set up dual boot. What I have presented here is
> probably a minority opinion on the "best" way, but it is simple, fast,
> relatively fool proof, and works-for-me (tm).
>
>
> Mike
>
>
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