Dual boot XP(internal IDE HDD) Debian(external USB-IDE HDD) using boot.ini
What I'm trying today is to dual boot XP and Debian.
Sarge v 3.1r0 2.4.47 kernel HP Pavillion ZT1195 512 Mb RAM My Laptop has a 40 Gb internal drive which I've partitioned: 100 Mb=fat 16 100 Mb=ext3 /boot Balance=NTFS I have connected a 160 Gb USB IDE HDD drive, installed the base system and have it partitioned: 80 Gb=fat32 300 Mb=ext3 / 5 Gb=ext3 /usr 3 Gb=ext3 /var 1.5 Gb swap 500 Mb=ext3 /tmp 5 Gb=ext3 /usr/local Balance= /home The install went as planned, I placed Grub in the 1st sector of /boot but of course I can't see Grub from boot.ini from windows. This tutorial sort of does what I need: Dual-Boot Linux and Windows 2000/Windows XP with GRUB HOWTO url removed please google the above line Since I can't get back into Debian, I'm unable to use this command to make "linux.bin" which he references as a needed file for boot.ini to see my /boot partition : dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 I tried knoppix v. 3.9 but it runs the 2.6 kernel, and my lapper and USB problems under 2.6 prohibit it...mouse locks up. I guess I'll try creating the bin file under knoppix 3.4 until I see a reply here. tyia |
Actually, I think (not sure) the windows boot loader cannot run linux.. what I did was setup grub on the main hard drive, and add an entry in /boot/grub/sources.list for windows.
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So this worked with USB IDE HDD and linux on drive 2?
Does it make sense to have /boot partition on the internal laptop drive(2.4.27-2 kernel "has support for external usb drives and runs stable on my laptop") or is that an unneccesary step? |
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