At 16:50 18/09/99 +0100, you wrote:
I presume that the NT boot loader can be configured to point to the Linux boot partition but I'm not really conversant with NT so I need some help here. I don't really want to use a third party boot manager or a floppy so it's either the NT boot loader or possibly loadlin but again that's a root I'd like to steer clear of. It wood be nice to have the NT loader come up at boot and have it select Linux as default. :-)
1. Boot into Linux. You'll have to create a copy of your Linux boot sector to install on your FAT16 partition. To do this, you'll have to run the following command: #dd if=/dev/hdb1 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 and then copy that file onto a DOS formatted floppy disk: #mcopy /bootsect.lnx a: (above assuming you have mtools installed). 2. Boot into NT and copy the file, bootsect.lnx, from the floppy to the root directory of drive c: c:\>copy a:bootsect.lnx c:\ 3. Remove the read only attribute on \boot.ini: c:\>attrib -r boot.ini 4. Edit boot.ini and insert the following code at the end: C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" so it will look a little like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" 5. Make boot.ini read only again: c:\>attrib +s +r boot.ini Reboot, and you'll see something like: OS Loader V4.00 Please select the operating system to start: Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode] Linux 6. Select Linux and away you go! Regards, Martyn -- Martyn B. Drake (mobile: 0780 84 84 160, ICQ: #47407953) Systems Administrator, NetDirect Limited 161-165 Greenwich High Road, London, SE10 8JA http://www.netdirect.net.uk | 0181 293 7000 (main line) [ This email came to you via the Anglian Linux User Group list ] [ If you only wish to recieve event announcements, email the ] [ SUBJECTs of "unsubscribe alug" and "subscribe alug-announce" ] [ to listserver@stu.uea.ac.uk -- We do need your support, tho' ]