RE: XP-LINUX Dual Boot - Still have problems
Mark:
Thanks for recommending bootpart. I used it successfully and it did the
trick. It also indicated that I needed to use the LBA flag in order to
get dual boot working. I can now successfully boot into linux using my
XP boot loader.
Thanks to all who sent in comments and suggestions.
Regards,
Abhay
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pictor [mailto:mpictor@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:40 PM
To: abhay@cox.net
Subject: RE:XP-LINUX Dual Boot - Still have problems
(I don't subscribe to debian-user yet, I just happened
to be browsing the archive, and saw this...)
There's two things I would suggest if you don't want
to replace the XP bootloader:
1) install LILO or GRUB on /dev/hdb. Go into the
BIOS, and tell it to try booting that disk first. You
can configure that bootloader to include Windows XP,
and if it gets messed up, just go into the BIOS and
reset it to boot the first hard disk.
2) There's a program called bootpart
(http://winimage.com/bootpart.htm) which will add
entries to boot.ini, as well as creating the
corresponding boot-block image. It's nice, though I
haven't used it much. (I already had loadlin set up
under Win98, so now it's just a 2nd-level menu)
I am not sure, but bootpart may only work from dos, or
require C: to be FAT, or something... but it is
definitely worth a try.
Good luck
Mark
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
http://companion.yahoo.com/
Reply to: