Re: Dual booting
From: Michael C. (mcsuper5_at_usol.com)
Date: 12/29/03
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Date: 29 Dec 2003 05:31:54 GMT
On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 00:00:13 +0000,
ajr <ajr@nospam.org> wrote:
> Good evening,
>
> Can anyone advise me on where I'm going wrong, or point me in the
> direction of a site that describes how to dual boot between Windows 2000
> and SuSE 8.2 Professional.
>
> I've had a look at a few sites that have suggested the following:
>
> 1. Install Win 2000 first, and ensure that it is placed in the first
> partition.
> 2. Then install Linux.
> 3. Ensure that LILO is the preferred boot manager.
>
> The problem that I've encountered is that after I install Linux it
> reboots the machine but does not present me with a choice of OS's -
> instead it tries to boot itself into Linux, and after going through the
> motions of the initial boot screen it displays an error message and the
> three little lights on the keyboard (CAPS Lock etc) start flashing!!
Telling us you got an error message isn't especially useful. What was
it?
If you can get to a prompt with the boot disk try editing /etc/lilo.conf
Add a line
lba32
Then run
/sbin/lilo
>
> Whilst I'm relatively new to Linux, I have installed it and had it
> running on another machine, as the only OS, with no problems.
>
> The only thing that I have found that may explain the problem is the
> PCMag article at the following URL:
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,7720,00.asp
The article is dated, do a search of tldp.org for a dual boot howto.
As another reply in the thread mentions Grub is also an option, but I've
always preferred Lilo as I'm more familiar with it.
Michael C.
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