Hi Paul,
I forgot to place # comment out lines in front of prompt and timeout.
However, Grub and lilo work better to take me directly to Linux or Windose.
Roman
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to
Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Romanator wrote:
You do need execute access to the files in /sbin, but you do not need to
be IN /sbin itself.
Paul
>Hi Mike,
>
>This may sound stupid but is this all done from within Linux /sbin
>directory?
>In must have a programming block but the following command:
>
>dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>
>Do I log in as 'root' and change directories to /sbin, and then type in:
>
>dd if=/dev/hda8 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>
>Press the 'enter' key, and then copy it to my C partition?
>
>Roman
>Registered Linux User #179293
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike & Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 4:51 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Does any one know how to add information to
>Boot.ini inWindows NT4 so that Linux will boot up?
>
>
>You can either remove the offending lines altogther, or if you want to save
>the lines for future reference you can put the '#' sign before each line
you
>want ignored.
>
>Mike
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> What syntax do you use for commenting out lines in Linux?
>>
>> Registered Linux User #179293
>> Keep your penguin happy
>>
>>
>>
>> Romanator wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I know Paul has answered this briefly but... Has any one been
>> > successfull in adding an entry to the Boot.ini file of WIndows NT4? I
>> > would like to see if NT4 will allow me to boot to Linux?
>> >
>> > I always thought that Windows cannot see the Linux partitions.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Roman
>> > Registered Linux User #179293
>>
>> Really easy... first you need to boot into linux and move lilo to your /
>> directory or your /boot directory, whichever one you're using. Do this
>> by editing the first line in /etc/lilo.conf to point to /dev/hda(x) (x
>> being the partition number that your boot or / directory lives on) and
>> then run lilo to set your changes. Next, do:
>>
>> dd if=/dev/hda(x) of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>>
>> This will drop a bootable image called bootsect.lnx into the directory
>> that you're sitting in when you run the command. Copy this file to your
>> NT or Windows 'C' partition.
>>
>> Finally, add a line to the bottom of your boot.ini file like this:
>>
>> C:\bootsect.lnx="whatever_you_want"
>>
>> Save the file and exit. Next time you boot, you should see the NT
>> bootloader giving you the option to boot into Linux.
>>
>> Make sure you comment out the 'prompt' and 'timeout' lines in lilo.conf
>> before you do the 'dd' step so you won't have to answer questions on
>> both bootloaders.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>
>
>
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