Booting Linux from within windows

ccates · 01-22-2005, 10:58 AM

Hi,

I need to be able to boot a live disk implementation of linux such as SUSE live or knoppix from within windows. Can this be done without the computer being set to boot from CD? I know that on older linux implementations you could install the Linux OS onto a FAT partition(not a linux partition) and run a command that would make the machine reboot into linux. Is this still possible under the new implementations of linux? Is this command still available on knoppix for example?

Thanks in advance

Craig

david_ross · 01-22-2005, 01:07 PM

Welcome to LQ. To do it within windows you will need an emulator such as bochs or plesk.

tormented_one · 01-22-2005, 04:12 PM

Also loadlin.exe is another way.

ccates · 01-22-2005, 04:21 PM

It's my understanding that loadlin doesn't work with XP/2000/NT.
Am I wrong?

bekks · 01-22-2005, 04:33 PM

If you can't [F8] during boot-up and skip everything, you're right

I installed it from Win98 ...

tormented_one · 01-22-2005, 04:59 PM

I got loadlin to work with xp pro by running in 95 mode and messing around alot. After my update is done Ill fire up xp and see what all I had to change.