Adding Linux to XP boot menu with an odd setup?

superdigg · 10-11-2002, 05:12 AM

I have one disk on the primary ide channel where I have Linux installed. I have two disks on an integrated RAID controller striped where I have Windows XP. At the moment there is no linux driver for the RAID so I don't think I can add it to lilo (or grub) so I was hoping it is possible to add the entry in the XP boot menu. Anybody know how to do this?

Mara · 10-11-2002, 02:39 PM

Yes, you can do this. Install Lilo not in mbr but in any Linux partition you have (for example /dev/hda5), make a Linux boot disk, then install XP bootloader into mbr. Boot to Linux (from floppy). Then mount a floppy (another one) and use:
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=boot.lnx bs=512 count=1
cp boot.lnx /mnt/floppy
Boot to XP, copy the boot.lnx file to your C:, edit boot.ini. Add such line at the end:
C:\boot.lnx="linux"
Reboot to see if it works.