Re: Can I partition a disk and make it bootable for windows from linux?

From: Spongebob (NadaSpam_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 01/25/05

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:43:34 -0500

    Kent West wrote:

    > Spongebob wrote:
    >
    >>
    >>
    >>Is there any way to make grub delay a little? Windows is
    >>
    >>
    >>beyond the point where I can use the key (it's F5, I forget
    >>what F8 does -- command line
    >>maybe?) to enter safe mode really fast. I have about the time
    >>of a fast mouse double-click to press F5 after hitting enter
    >>in the grub menu.
    >>
    >>
    >>>
    >>
    >>I'm using Win98. I don't seem to have boot.ini.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    > Whereas I couldn't find anything in the manual for grub that would do
    > what you need, you can do it from the Windows side. Add something like
    > this to your config.sys file in Windows98:
    >
    > [menu]
    > MENUITEM=dummy_entry,Windows 98
    > MENUITEM=win98,Windows 98
    > MENUDEFAULT=win98,5
    >
    > [dummy_entry]
    >
    > [win98]
    >
    > [common]
    > <rest of config.sys goes here>
    >
    >
    > Now the boot process of Windows98 should show a menu allowing you to
    > choose "Windows 98" (the dummy entry) or "Windows 98"; it'll give you 5
    > seconds before automatically booting into "Windows 98" (the non-dummy
    > entry). If you manually choose either entry, it won't make a difference
    > since it doesn't actually do anything.
    >
    > Be aware it's been a long time since I've done this; I'm not certain of
    > the syntax.
    >

    Do you really mean config.sys? That looks more like the syntax for
    system.ini or win.ini. 

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