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It sounds like you would prefer to boot linux using the Windows boot loader by configuring the .ini file. I'm sure there is a solution, but I don't know how.
You could achieve similar results by making the linux hard drive the primary and use grub to boot both linux and windows.
Here is a a post with a slightly different situation, but the solution here should work.
I am new to this group and would appreciate some help.
I have a Dell GX270 P4 3GHz system with 1GB RAM and an IDE 40GB HD with 27GB free and Windows XP service pack 3. I want to create a dual boot Window / Mandriva system.
I have downloaded Mandriva-linux-one-2009.1-KDE-europe1-americas-cdrom-i586.iso and burnt it to a CD. I defragmented my HD.
I have changed my BIOS so that the boot disc order is from the CD-ROM first.
I have booted the system several times and it looks at the CD but goes on to Windows. What am I doing wrong?
I don't know that this is the problem but, after downloading the iso image, did you burn it as an image. If not, it won't work. You can select 'burn as image' or something similar in most CD copying software. You should also do the md5 checksum to make sure it is a good download and burn at a slow speed.
Probably a bad download or burn or not an image copy.
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