NO BOOT!!! NT loader

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Stagg [mailto:scstagg at wisc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:49 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: NO BOOT!!! NT loader
> 
> 
> I'm new to Linux and wanted to use the NT loader as I still 
> want XP to work 
> well. I have two 120GB drives, hda with XP and recently 
> installed hdb with 
> Fedora. I want to use nt loader and not have to monkey around 
> with the MBR 
> of hda as She Who Must Be Obeyed uses this (for the time 
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Hi,
	This is my little Howto for my own reference. (I usually write
simple howtos 
to document how I did something in case I screw things up and don't know how
I did
it in the 1st place. & I do a lot of (both of) those :)

I'm using XP+Linux using NT Bootloader + bootpart to load Linux/Grub.

I hope this attachment goes through.. Else, please mail me off-line


Gist of it..

Install XP
Install Linux
MBR of Linux is into Root of Linux Disc. For you I think it's /dev/hdb 
(/dev/hda is XP and that's where NT Loader resides)
Boot into XP
go to CMD.exe prompt, run bootpart

Determine where is your Linux Partition (/dev/hdb)

do a 	-> 
Bootpart 1  Bootlinx.bin Linux
	(Where 1 = partition number of the /dev/hdb or the MBR of Linux)
	( Bootlinx.bin = The Bootsector of the LInux partition)
	(Linux = The name to put into Boot.ini)

Reboot, you should see the Name Linux as an option in NT Loader.

Select Linux -> (will go to ) Grub -> Linux

Done.
PS : Personally, I prefer using GRUB but again, I'm not too comfortable in
wiping 
of NT Loader. *In Case* something untowards happen.

PS2 : Nice one about "The One Who Must Be Obeyed".. I have one of those
too.. 
Mine's Serial # is 22341122444222-version2.rpm
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