How can I boot linux with MS NT loader?

pingY · 12-10-2003, 10:54 AM

I installed Linux on a separtate disk and put the boot loader on my root partition /dev/hdb2, not win2003 MBR. I then booted via cdrom into Linux and opened a command prompt:

dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=/mnt/D/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1

(/dev/hda1 win2003 ntfs,/dev/hda2 slackware9.1 ext3,D: E: F: fat32)
I reboot into win2003 and show hidden and system files to edit boot.ini. I add the line

C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"

I then reboot and the MS NT loader comes up and highlight "Linux" and enter...

I am then told that windows 2003 could not load because ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt. I am not trying to load windows and ntoskrnl.exe is in the correct directory (C:\win2003\system32).

I have tried to put bootsect.lnx on a fat32 partition, hoping that linux won't run on NTFS, but that spat out the same error.

Can somebody please help? I can boot to linux with cdrom, but who wants to do that?

Thanks a lot.

aaa · 12-10-2003, 10:58 AM

Show the rest of the boot.ini .

trickykid · 12-10-2003, 10:59 AM

Have you read up any on the howto located here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...NT-Loader.html

pingY · 12-10-2003, 11:02 AM

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN2003
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WIN2003 = "Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect
D:\bootsect.lnx="Slackware 9.1"

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/do...+NT-Loader.html
could not be found.

aaa · 12-10-2003, 11:53 AM

Try copying the file to C:\ in Wndows, then using 'C:\="Slac..."

cozye · 12-10-2003, 12:04 PM

Why not use lilo ? You can boot windows with it. If you mess up or change your mind you can always do a fdisk /mbr with a windows boot disk and get your old MBR and 2k boot loader working again.

pingY · 12-10-2003, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by aaa
Try copying the file to C:\ in Wndows, then using 'C:\="Slac..."

It still doesn't work.

(Why not use lilo ? You can boot windows with it. If you mess up or change your mind you can always do a fdisk /mbr with a windows boot disk and get your old MBR and 2k boot loader working again.)

Because my friend share the computer with me .
He used to the MS loader and don't want to change.

pingY · 12-10-2003, 11:35 PM

I am sorry! There is a mistake.
dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=/mnt/D/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
should be dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/mnt/D/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
two primary partition.

aaa · 12-12-2003, 09:58 PM

You can set lilo's timeout to zero, so your friend won't notice unless the [shift] button is pressed @ boot, then the menu come up.