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In comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.security Frank <frank.ratzlow@neubrandenburg.netsurf.de> wrote:
> Hi there,

> I've installed NT and linux on my machine. I boot NT with the ntldr and
> linux with a floppy.
> I would like to able to boot both with one bootloader, which gives me the
> options to choose which system I'd like to start.
> Have heard that this doesn't work with NT on NTFS.
> Has anyone an idea if there is a way to make this possible in spite of the
> NTFS?

you need to copy the the bootsector of the linux partition into a file.
use the dd command:
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
this assumes that /dev/hda1 is your root partition for linux.
take this "bootsect.lnx" file and put it on an MS DOS floppy.  reboot
to NT, go to dos.  change the attributes for C:\boot.ini and add this line:
C:\bootsect.lnx="linux"
save the changes, change the attributes for boot.ini back to +r +s, and
copy the bootsect.lnx file to the C drive.  give it the same
attributes as the boot.ini file, then reboot.  you should see "linux" as
an option to boot off of.

I've been doing this with FreeBSD for a while now.  You may want to goto
deja news and check some of the FreeBSD newsgroup archives, or better yet,
goto www.freebsd.org, and check the faq for "how do I boot FreeBSD with
NT's bootloader" or something to that effect.

> Thanx
You're welcome.

> Frank

John.