Hi Martin, Thanx for the timely response. It has helped a great deal in configuring my messed up system. It is working fine presently.
Thanx Again, Debopam. --- Martin Stricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debopam Ghoshal wrote: > > > Can anyone please help me on how to boot into > windows > > as well as linux without reinstalling either of > them > > (not windows 2000 atleast) > > Which boot loader are you using? There are Grub and > Lilo. On which > partition does Win2k live? Since all Windows > versions usually (unless > you use some dirty tricks both Linux boot loaders > can perform) insist on > booting from the first (primary master) disk, I > think it will be either > /dev/hda1 or /dev/hda2. Run as root > fdisk -l /dev/hda > and look for the fist NTFS partition (usually marked > * bootable). > > If you are using Lilo, open the file /etc/lilo.conf > and put the > following lines at the end of the file (adjust the > (dev/hda2 line to > your system!): > > other=/dev/hda2 > optional > label=Win2k > > Save the file, then run > /sbin/lilo -v -v > in the console or an Xterm. You need to be root to > accomplish that. This > rewrites the boot sector, and you can boot both > operating systems. > > If you use Grub, you have to edit /etc/grub.conf > (which is a link to > /boot/grub/grub.conf). Sorry, I don't remember the > necessary lines from > memory (something with chainloader). The difference > between Grub and > Lilo is that you don't need to reinstall Grub - just > change the > configuration file. > > Hope that helps! > Best regards, > Martin Stricker > -- > Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ > Linux Migration Project: > http://www.linux-migration.org/ > Red Hat Linux 7.3 for low memory: > http://www.rule-project.org/ > Registered Linux user #210635: > http://counter.li.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
