Similar steps are described in the "Linux+WinNT Howto". Also, its not always required to have a boot floppy. Once GNU/Linux is installed, you can use a bootable GNU/Linux cd and start the installation as usual. Switch to some virtual console and mount the partition on which GNU/Linux has already been installed and then chroot in to that. Then you have booted in to the newly installed GNU/Linux system. There you can issue whatever command you like.
Warm Regards Suresh On 6/7/05, Vinu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Linux boot loader like GRUB and Lilo can virtually boot to any > Operating System but we can also load linux from windoz boot loader. > This how to describe how we can do that! > > This will work if you have win2K or WinXP.It don't work on win98 and > winME. > > 1. First install your win2K or winXP as usual. > > 2. Now install linux. During install when prompted, choose Lilo as > bootloader and install it on first sector of linux root partition > instead of MBR.(This all is asked during the installation of most Linux > distributions).At the end of installation create Linux boot floppy so > that we can boot linux for first time. > > 3.After installing the linux, boot linux from the floppy which we have > created during install. > > 4. Now log into Linux as root and find lilo.conf. It is situated in > /etc.Edit /etc/lilo.conf. In the begenning find a entryCode: > boot=/dev/hda > If this entry is not pointing towards your linux root partition then > edit to do so. Here I am taking /dev/hda9 as your linux root partition. > So now entry should look like.Code: > boots=/dev/hda9 > > If you don't remeber where is your Linux root partition then see the > entry "image" containing the entry "root" which tells the root > partition like below > Code: > root=/dev/hda9 > > > 5. Now execute lilo by giving the followinbg command so that it can > write boot record to /dev/hda9 > Code: > lilo > > If you see any errors here ignore those because it is not going to harm > our main MBR. > > 6. Here we have created the boot sector now we have to copy this to > file so that windoz boot loader can refer to it. > Code: > cd > dd if=/dev/hda9 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsect.lnx > > > 7. Now we have created the file of linux boot sector. Copy this file to > windows C:\ drive so that windoz boot loader can read it.You can do > this by copying this file in a floppy then to c:\ drive if u don't have > access to windoz partition from LInux. > Code: > mcopy bootsect.lnx /mnt/floppy > > Or > If you have access to windoz partition from Linux. (Here I am assuming > that windoz C:\ drive is accessible under /mn/windows/C) > Code: > mcopy bootsect.lnx /mnt/C > > > 8. After copying start windoz and write the following line to boot.ini > found on C:\ of windoz. > Code: > C:\bootsect.lnx="GNU/Linux/POM/NBSOD" > > > Finished in eight Steps. > > Next time when u start the computer you should see the choice to boot > to windoz or LINUX. > >
