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тАО05-03-2001 12:24 PM
тАО05-03-2001 12:24 PM
Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
I created a 10GB partition and installed Win2kPro. All is well.
Now, I want to install Linux on the other 10GB. I used Partition Magic to create the ex2fs partition on the other 10GB.
I'm a little worried about ruining the win2k install.
What is the easiest/best way to create a dual boot system on one drive split in half?
Thanks,
John
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тАО05-03-2001 01:07 PM
тАО05-03-2001 01:07 PM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
The next step would be to install the Linux OS on the e2fs partition with LILO installed on the e2fs partition, NOT the MBR.
NTLDR is quite capable of loading Linux, you merely have to tell it where the Linux partition is. Any text editor can edit the boot.ini (save a backup, of course!), and all you need is a line to point to the linux partition. We set up machines in class to do the same thing (though we were using NT4.0 there, and we weren't using a single linux partition, rather a more normally formed complete install with separate /, /usr, swap and etc.)
Best of luck!
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тАО05-04-2001 05:09 AM
тАО05-04-2001 05:09 AM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
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тАО05-04-2001 10:00 AM
тАО05-04-2001 10:00 AM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
I did that and rebooted. The Win2k loader came up and stopped after about 2 seconds.
Could not get it to boot.
I haven't even installed Linux yet.
Very strange!
I'm a little worried about makine lilo boot to Windows or Linux.
Rob, how is your lilo.conf file configured. Did it see the Windows partition and create a secondary (backup) boot option for it automatically?
Any other "gotcha's" I need to look out for?
Thanks again, both of you.
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тАО05-04-2001 04:42 PM
тАО05-04-2001 04:42 PM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
Ron is absolutely correct that LILO can load windows 2k/nt, whatever. I just thought that since you already had the windows on, it'd be less muss and fuss to add the linux boot, like we did in class.
To quote from the book on how to get NT to load Linux:
a) Boot linux with a linux boot disk
b) dump the first 512 bytes of the boot disk to a file, here called bootsect.lnx:
# dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
c) copy this file to the C: drive of the WindowsNT disk
-- first we have to mount the C: drive under linux, meaning we have to create a mount point for it
# mkdir /winnt
-- if the win2k drive was set up as fat32, then:
# modprobe vfat (load the fat32 support module)
# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /winnt
# cp /bootsect.lnx /winnt
Then we booted into windows and edited the boot.ini, adding:
C:\bootsect.lnx="Redhat Linux"
The advantage to using ntloader to load linux, is that switching back to a straight windows implementation is that much easier -- no need to wipe LILO from the MBR, which, while easy to do, is easy to forget how to do.
As far as Windows not seeing a 20GB drive,I expect that it's merely because Win2K doesn't do e2fs, (which you said you'd reformatted the partition to, no?)
Additional info on dual booting systems:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/veselosky.html
http://www.planetit.com/techcenters/docs/linux/expert/PIT20000414S0001
among others. Try looking up "dual boot linux windows" in your favorite browser.
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тАО05-05-2001 06:17 AM
тАО05-05-2001 06:17 AM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
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тАО05-16-2001 07:11 AM
тАО05-16-2001 07:11 AM
Re: Win2kPro and Linux dual boot?
I'm a little hesitant to do anything now, but it's not in my nature to give up, so I'm sure I'll be doing it again soon.
Thanks to all!
John