Re: dual boot win2k as boot loader
Barney Wrightson wrote:
Quenten Griffith wrote:
Well that is good to know that lilo can and backs up the org. MBR, but
basically there seems no way to boot Debian with the WIN2k Boot
loader. I don't have a problem with that but my friend may be leary.
I believe it is actually possible to get the W2K boot loader to boot
other OSs like linux and solaris x86, but I haven't done it myself. You
would probably need lilo installed on the linux boot partition rather
than in MBR and then modify the c:\boot.ini in W2K to point to your
linux install. You will need to google for the details though.
Be warned though, I believe it contravenes the MS EULA to boot any
non-MS OS using their boot loader. (as if that would stop people dual
booting, actually it seems more like a challenge to me :))
HTH
Barney.
I don't have Win2K here, so this is speculation at best, BUT I recall a
very nice "Mini HOWTO" on using the WinNT bootloader to boot linux.
Maybe M$ hasn't changed how their boot-loader works since NT?? The
mini-HOWTO can be found at the LDP at:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc6. Maybe you can
get some ideas there.
Incidently, I have an old DEC Alpha XLT-300 that was primarily made to
run WinNT. I have Debian Woody running on it, and the boot-up schema is
quite unique. Basically it uses the boot-loader to call loadlin.exe
which then runs the kernel. (It is a little more complicated than that
<grin>). If you can boot Linux from within Win2K using loadlin.exe,
then you "should" be able to automate this with the bootloader.
As a last resort, booting from within Win2K using loadlin.exe seems to
also "fit the bill" for your friend. It might be a bit tedious to first
boot into Win2k then run the linload script, but he would have the
comfort of knowing Win2K still boots!!
Cheers,
-Don Spoon-
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