HI! On 6/7/05, Suresh R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > or for the more impatient, switch to a virtual console at the end of the installation, right *before* you reboot. saves using a stoneage floppy :D
On 6/7/05, Vinu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > -- ash :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashish V | GPG 0F41FCFA/1EFF5281 | linux user #340732 8th Information Science ashish at xcanopus dot net | ashishv at hotpop dot com http://ashish.xcanopus.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
