Re: Redhat AS2.1 and dual boot

From: Scott Lurndal (scott_at_slp53.sl.home)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 23:55:29 GMT

Rick Denoire <100.17706@germanynet.de> writes:
>I installed RedHat Advanced Server V. 2.1 on a notebook where Windows
>2000 was already installed. This notebook has no diskette drive so I
>could not prepare a boot diskette. I choosed to leave the Master Boot
>Record untouched, since I was afraid not to be able to boot Windows
>anymore. Instead, the boot info was written to the partition header.
>
>Now I have no way to boot Linux. I remember that under Windows NT, one
>could add an entry in a special file and the NT boot manager would
>allow to choose this entry at boot time. I don't see how I can do that
>using Windows 2000. Of course, it would be better to let Linux manage
>the boot process.

I believe you do it the same way, i.e.:

   1) from linux,

       dd if=/dev/hda1 of=boot.sec bs=512 count=1

      Where hda1 is the bootable linux partition (typically /boot).

   2) Copy boot.sec to C:\boot.sec

   3) Add a line to boot.ini (a hidden, system file) like

       c:\boot.sec="linux"

scott
>
>So my question is, if I allow RedHat AS2.1 to change the MBR (using
>grub), will it still provide the opportunity to boot Windows 2000? Or
>will it wipe out the partition information that allows me to boot
>Windows?
>
>I agree that it is quite unusual for this Linux version to coexist
>with Windows on a notebook. That is why I am asking the question.
>(And I need an answer before reinstalling Linux - I think I will have
>to).
>
>Thanks a lot
>Rick Denoire

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