[plug] Debian - Win2K Dual Boot

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

> I have been asked to set up a dual boot system, Debian (Woody) and Windows
> 2000.

> Could anyone who has completed this point me in the right direction and
point
> out any pitfalls that might befall me.I have exactly this setup on a work
laptop.

I have exactly this setup on a work laptop.

In my particular case I cranked up my Debian boot CD and did the following
in cfdisk:

======================================================
hda1   Boot    Primary    NTFS               14468.27
hda4           Primary    Win95 FAT32 (LBA)    740.28
hda2           Primary    Linux ext3          4293.60
hda5           Logical    Linux swap           501.75
======================================================

No questions or rants about it please - I have my reasons :P

Then I installed Windows, THEN Debian so it kills the 2000 MBR.

I then have this is my /etc/lilo.conf (amongst other things):

========================================
default=Windows\ \:\(

image=/vmlinuz
        label=Linux\ 2.4.16
        read-only

 other=/dev/hda1
        label=Windows\ \:\(
========================================

Remember to run 'lilo' after making changes here!

You can also put the Windows partitions after the Linux ones etc  and/or
install Windows AFTER Debian.  If Windows goes on after Debian it will
overwrite the MBR, which can be fixed by booting the Debian CD again and
telling it to 'Make Linux bootable from the HDD' - in unison with the above
lilo.conf settings.

HTH,

Ryan