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 8A8102F1DC for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:53:21 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eABMrLd16007 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:53:21 -0500 Received: from pop162-leg.mail.com (pop162-leg.mail.com [165.251.32.54]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eABMrLD15999 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:53:21 -0500 Received: from oak.ivanfetch.tzo.com (dialup-209.245.9.113.Denver1.Level3.net [209.245.9.113]) by pop162-leg.mail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500EF1C3A5 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2000 17:53:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:55:40 -0700 (MST) From: Ivan Fetch X-Sender: ifetch@oak.ivanfetch.tzo.com To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: windows millennium In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001111160030.007c61d0@mail.ufw2.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 Hi Brent, Your suggestion may very well work under Windows 2000, but when I first encountered the need to dual boot Redhat and Windows 2000, the `customer' wanted to use the Windows 2000 boot loader. I have used your method (other=/dev/hda1) for Windows 95/98/NT systems in the past and it has workked just fine. Ivan. On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Brent Harding wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >