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dai 07-31-2002 05:04 AM
Win XP and Redhat 7.2
 
Hi just a quick one

Is there any way of getting the NT boot Loader to recognise Linux rather than having to use the boot floppy each time I want to boot into Linux.

MartBrooks 07-31-2002 05:05 AM
Yes, and there's a HOWTO for it.

Regards

dai 07-31-2002 05:07 AM
could u post the link then please??? :)

linuxcool 07-31-2002 05:22 AM
Here are a few:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/LG/issue36/larriera.html
http://www.poopoccurs.com/linux/dualboot.html

dai 07-31-2002 05:45 AM
Much appreciated

Dai

jetblackz 07-31-2002 10:17 AM
# after you installed XP & Linux
#
# replace /dev/hda2 if need be
#
dd if=/dev/hda2 of=boot.lnx bs=512 count=1
cp boot.lnx /mnt/floppy
Boot XP
copy boot.lnx c:\
edit boot.ini
After multi(0)..., add
C:\boot.lnx="linux"
Reboot


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