[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux dual boot w/NT4

[bryn konti]

If you already have Windows NT or Win2K already loaded
you could you use ntlder (windows NT boot manager). I
have this type of configuration with my laptop...the
setup IMHO is trivial and I have not had any problems
with it. The following site will help you set up your
box:

http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue36/larriera.html

Be sure to install lilo or grub to the partition where
Linux lives (/) not the MBR. You will need the rescue
floppy for Linux to create a file (boot record image)
to put in the windows C:\  ...and finally, edit Win
NT's boot.ini file so that ntldr can boot to Linux.



--- jm <jm5379 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses.  FYI, Microsoft has
> historically
> overwritten the MBR every time it gets installed,
> not sure if NT follows
> that same "only me" mentality or not but I suspect
> it does.  After all,
> why grow up now?  I've never installed a bootloader
> anywhere besides the
> MBR so I don't know if I want to explore that just
> now or not.
> 
> Thanks again to everyone.
> Joe
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 21:31, Ron Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:11:04PM -0600, Steve
> Baker wrote:
> > > Ron Hamilton wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 05:47:28PM -0600, jm
> wrote:
> > > > > I'm thinking of loading Mandrake 8.2 on my
> PC at work, which has NT4 SP6
> > > > > installed.  Does anyone know of any dual
> boot problems with NT that I
> > > > > should be aware of?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > Joe
> > > > 
> > > > I ran Mandrake 8.0 and later 8.1 alongside NT4
> for about a year on 5 HP
> > > > Pavillion PC's without incident.  I had heard
> complaints about NT having
> > > > it's own bootloader but it didn't seem to
> matter once I did the Linux
> > > > install.  Both Grub and Lilo seemed to work
> just fine.
> > > 
> > > There *is* some kind of wierdness with NT and
> Linux - I think it's
> > > necessary to install NT *before* you install
> Linux - I don't recollect
> > > why - but I'm sure a quick google/linux search
> will turn up the answer.
> > >
> > Right, I guess I should have said that first.. My
> workstations all had
> > NT installed first, with Linux added later.  And
> that *is* why the
> > caution about NT having it's own bootloader.  My
> apologies for any
> > confusion.
> > 
> > --
> > Ron Hamilton
> > ronhamilton at gmx.net
> > 
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