Re: dual boot

From: Travis Crump (pretzalz_at_techhouse.org)
Date: 01/31/05

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    Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 01:57:00 -0500
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    Kent West wrote:
    > Joe Costantini wrote:
    >
    >> Can you help?
    >>
    >> I have a Dell Precision 420 with SCSI drive. I have win2000 server
    >> installed. Added an ATA drive and installed Debian Sarge on it. Can
    >> boot linux from floppy.
    >>
    >> Setup NTLDR to dual boot win2000 or Linux. When I select Linux, I get
    >> "L 01 01 01".
    >>
    >
    >
    > Your Master Boot Record has a partial install of LILO in it, and you're
    > trying to use NT's boot loader.
    >
    > Choose between one of the other, and then boot into that loader's OS and
    > rerun the loader's installer ("/bin/lilo" in the case of lilo, "Repair
    > MBR" or something similar in the case of W2K).
    >

    If you use window's boot loader you still need to chain load a linux
    boot loader[which is installed on the root partion instead of the MBR]
    to boot linux, and I think the opposite is true but not sure about the
    mechanics. In my experience it is easier to set up lilo in the MBR than
    to try to mess around with Window's boot loader. 

    


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