Re: linux and nt parallel bootable?

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From: Harry
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:00

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On 24 Mar 1998 19:19:21 GMT, John Osborne <alksdfj@alkdfjasl.net>
wrote:

>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 tried thid with NTWS 4 (SP3) and Red Hat 5 with no success. When I
choose "linux" from the NT boot menu the linux load bombs out after
the "I". ie screen stops with:

LI

The only thing that may be non standard for me is that NT is on sda
and linux root partition with lilo is on hda1. Should this be a
problem?

Harry

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Subject: Re: linux and nt parallel bootable?
Date: 1998/03/28
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