SOLVED-Re: Dual Boot with FC3 and Win 2K

[John Thorburn]

All:

Heres some info I found that worked like a charm!

FYI-

John T.

Ok, what you will need is two floppies - one in DOS
format (to load a 
boot image), and one startup disk (created during
linux install)
Unfortunately, win2k needs to be installed first, as
it likes to hog the 
MBR.
So,

1) Install win2k. (Preferably first partition)
2) In Explorer, have a look at C:\. You will find a
file called 
boot.ini. We will be playing with that later.(If you
cant see it, go to 
Tools, Folder Options, View, Show Hidden Files &
Folders.)
This file KIND of works like lilo.conf. (Same
principle, anyway)
3) Choose your favourite Linux distro, and start
installing.
MOST IMPORTANT!!!!! DO NOT INSTALL LILO TO MBR!!!!!
Create a boot partition, and ensure LILO is located
there. Remember the 
/dev/hd** location (mine is /dev/hda6, for example)
4) Create that startup disk when prompted. Will
definitely be needing that!
5) Using startup disk, boot into Linux. Mount your
floppy drive, with 
the blank formatted DOS disk I mentioned earlier.
6) Now we want to copy the LILO boot sector to a file
that is 512 bytes 
big, right onto the DOS floppy. We will be calling it
'linux.bin'. The 
command below uses my boot partition, /dev/hda6, as
the example. Simply 
substitute your own boot partition.
dd if=/dev/hda6 bs=512 count=1
of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin
7) Back to win2k. Remove the disks, and boot into
windows. Open Explorer 
and copy the file linux.bin off the floppy to the root
of your win2k 
drive (ie c:\).
8) Open c:\boot.ini file in "Notepad" and add the line

c:\linux.bin="<insert distro name>" to the end of the
file, and save it. 
Mine is an example:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft
Windows 2000 
Professional" /fastdetect
c:\linux.bin="RedHat"

Now, reboot, and you should get a choice! Test both
options:)

For more info, I found this page with more details,
and piccies for 
those who like such things

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp
Romana:)
--- John Thorburn <jwt0530 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a Dell system which has 2 HD's and a current
> install of Win 2K. I wiped out the 2nd HD and
> installed FC3 on it. I used the Auto Partition
> option
> for this drive and installed GRUB to handle the boot
> load stuff. However, the system doesn't give me the
> option at boot to use FC3 or Win 2K; it just goes to
> Win 2K.
> 
> I tried placing GRUB on hda and then on hdb. Neither
> worked. I tried to reinstall the Boot Loader and,
> when
> I do, FC3 tries to install Firefox and then tells me
> that no images were loaded and that none of my boot
> loader changes will take effect.
> 
> I've tried alot of stuff so far and I'm at my wit's
> end. Any help would be appreciated as I'm new to
> Linux/FC.
> 
> Thanks much in advance.
> John T.
> 
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