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linux+NT4.0

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From: James Harper
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 00:00
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what is the best way to boot linux via NT4.0's boot loader?

i have come up with two ways, the first is to just boot into
dos and then run loadlin... the second which feels sorta
kludgy to me but seems to work right now is to:

1. make a file called bootsect.lin on the dos c: drive
   (/dosc/bootsect.lin on my system) that is 512 bytes long.
   (use dd if=/dev/zero of=/dosc/bootsect.lin bs=1 count=512)
2. edit lilo.conf so that it installs to that file. (change
   boot to point to /dosc/bootsect.lin i think...)
3. run lilo
4. edit the c:\boot.ini file and add an entry that says
   C:\bootsect.lin with a description

this seems to work for me... can anyone see any where where
this might cause problems?

james
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From: loon@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au (James Harper)
Subject: linux+NT4.0
Date: 1996/11/08
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