> At 20-01-2001 +0800, you wrote:
> > Can Linux Mandrake dual-boot with Windows 2000? And how to do
> > so?( i have heared that linux's bootloader cannot boot Winows
> > nt)
> FYI
> http://www.maximum.inux.com/howtos/howto/2000_05_23/quad_boot.html
With or without that link, & while you really ought to read the
multi-boot howto's at http://www.linuxdoc.org, it's not
difficult.
The safest thing when setting up a dual- or multi-boot box with
any form of M$ (though I don't know if anyone's had the same
trouble with SCO) is to be sure the M$ product is installed
first. The howtos will tell you how to do so otherwise, but it
is recommended M$ go first.
From experience with dual-booting RedHat 6.0 & W9x, WNT4.0 or
W2k, as well as dual-booting LM7.2 & W2k, when you install the
Linux, it should (&, in most cases, will) find that you have
another OS installed & will allow you to either delete that
partition or to use other, unused space. After partitioning the
unused space & installing, you'll get to the boot set-up. Here
you'll tell the system what boot loader to use.
The first time you boot, you'll likely not have access to your
M$ partition. So, once booted & logged into your LM as root,
you'll have to do a couple of things. If you'd chosen to use the
Grub (default) boot loader, you'll open DrakConf, go to the boot
tools icon & set that up with your M$ partition. You can call it
anything you'd like, but will find it helpful later if you keep
it something simple, like win.
After that, in a terminal or graphical editor, open /etc/fstab
& enter a line like this:
/dev/hda1 /win vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
The /dev/hdaX is whatever drive (in this case, after installing
W2k first, likely hda1), the /win is the name you've given your
W2k partition, the rest is easy access technicalities you can
alter by reading the howto's to make more to your liking.
After that, as root & at the prompt, type:
# mkdir /win
or whatever you've decided to call your W2k partition in
/etc/fstab, & reboot. Of course, you don't actually ~have~ to
reboot, you can simply enter:
# mount /win
& you're set, but rebooting will let you see all the pretty icons
in Grub or the lovely green or red indicators in lilo:-).
Meph
--
"I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
-Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
