From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C6D2F0FB for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:01:23 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eABM1NQ07907 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:01:23 -0500 Received: from gate.ufw2.com ([216.163.19.158]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eABM1MD07903 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:01:22 -0500 Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for blinux-list@redhat.com id PAA29261; Sat Nov 11 15:59:05 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA00951 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:59:56 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20001111160030.007c61d0@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:00:30 -0600 Subject: Re: windows millennium In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Brent Harding X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion Why not use other=/dev/hda1 label=win to boot win2k? Does win2k care more about the boot sector than windows-98 did. I've been doing it this way awhile now. At 02:48 AM 11/11/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, > Here are my experiences with Redhat 6.2 and Windows 2000... > > After an install of Redhat hosed the MBR, I ran `lilo -U' to uninstall >LILO (which also restores your original boot record). If this does not >work for someone, you can also boot from the Windows 2000 CD (or 4 >diskettes) to "repair master boot record." I edited /etc/lilo.conf to put >LILO on /dev/hda2 (the Linux partition) instead of just /dev/hda (the >MBR) and ran `lilo' so my changes would take affect. Now the part >everyone cares about... I put my Linux boot sector into a file with: >`dd if=/dev/hda of=bootsec.lnx bs=512 count=1' > >I coppied this to my windows 2000 partition (use a DOS floppy disk, >network, or what ever works for you) and then booted Windows 2000. From a >command prompt I made the c:\boot.ini editable via `attrib -s -h >c:\boot.ini' and then edited it with `notepad c:\boot.ini'. > >In the [operating systems] section I added the line: >c:\bootsec.lnx="Linux" > >I then saved the file, ran `attrib +s +h c:\boot.ini' to put the >attributes back the way they were, and I can now down arrow to Linux as >soon as I know the windows 2000 boot loader comes up and press enter to >have LILO loaded. > >I of course include commands which are typed at the keyboard in quotes >like `command...' and you are not supposed to type the characters ` or ' >as part of the command. ;) > >Hope this helps, >Ivan. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >