Re: dual boot & Windoze
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:37:45AM +0100, David Baron wrote:
> Read the man for lilo, lilo.conf, etc. Can be done. I believe but may be
> wrong, that the Linux must be on the "C" (normal boot) disk to do this.
>
> Since I made my partitions with PartitionMagic, I use their BootMagic. The
> Windoze is the "C" disk and bootmagic comes up first. I choose between the
> Windoze boot and the Linux (on the "D" disk) and if I choose Linux, THEN,
> lilo comes into the picture.
>
Its actually a bios limitation. Most new bioses don't have problem with
having linux on any disk. Sometimes they are limited to the first disk,
sometimes to the first ide channel.
When its a limit then it doesn't matters what boot loader you use. You
can bypass it by putting a 20 MB partition or with the /boot partition
on the start of the first disk and leave the rest of linux anywhere
else you want.
If there is bios support you can put lilo where you want, you will need
to tell the bios where to look for it though.
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