[plug] Dual Boot Linux with XP (NTFS)

[Michael Hunt]

You can also use bootpart to do the dd bit. Bootpart is a dos utility than
can take a copy of a boot sector and turn it into an image file.

The url is:

http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

Michael Hunt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Mackenzie [mailto:wolfman at iinet.net.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2002 5:36 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: RE: [plug] Dual Boot Linux with XP (NTFS)
>
>
> Hi Brad ,
>
> I don't know if this will help you but , I have the following config (
> dual boot XP Pro and RH 7.1 )
>
> Disk 0 C: 20 GIG NTFS                             - ( 20 Gig Seagate
> Baracudda )
> Disk 1 125 MB /boot 3.91 GIG / | 1.72 GIG FAT 32  - ( 6.4 Gig Quantum
> Fireball )
>
> Steps
>
> 1. Install XP First
> 2. Drop Linux CD in and boot from CD
> 3. Partition it using Disk Druid
> 4. Create Boot Disk
> 5. Install LILO NOT into the MBR but into the boot partition
> 6. Finish Install
> 7. Boot With Rescue Disk into Linux
> 8. Use dd to find the label for /boot eg: /dev/hdb1 or something along
> those lines.
> 9. Now type
>
>    dd if=/dev/<ref step 9> of=/bootsec.bin bs=512 count=1
>
>    This will dumb the first sector into a file which we will use for XP
> to boot linux later.
>
> 10. Now mount a FAT formatted floppy
>     mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> 11. cp /bootsec.bin /mnt/floppy
> 12. Shutdown and reboot into XP , remove floppy
> 13. Copy bootsec.bin from the floppy and dump it into C:\
> 14. edit boot.ini and add a line to the bottom section.
>
>     C:\bootsec.bin="Red Hat 7.1 (Seawolf)"
>     save and reboot.
>
> Now XP Boot Menu should give you 2 choices , and if you choose linux it
> will give you the choices in lilo
>
> NOTES:
>
> If you change your Kernel/ or update your lilo.conf you will need to
> update bootsec.bin otherwise it will not work.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
> -
> Alan Mackenzie
> wolfman at iinet.net.au
> ~ chmod 666 soul.tar.gz ~
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bpalmer at orbeng.com [mailto:bpalmer at orbeng.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 7 March 2002 11:06
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Dual Boot Linux with XP (NTFS)
>
>
> Hi There,
>
> This is my first post, but I have been subscribed for a while now. Good
> list and a good source of information.  Thanks ;-)
>
> I'm a bit of a newbie, but learning everyday.
>
> Running an Athlon 1100 on a A7V, the two std ide channels have been
> disabled and everything runs on ATA100 on a 30gig drv. XP was put onto
> the primary partition, then Linux on the second.
> Used Grub, and on the first reboot XP was not available, but during the
> install it had XP as an option but Linux set as default.
>
> I have spent a day or so now searching the www for a few clues, and have
> looked at the grub.conf file.
>
> Most of the info I have obtained tells me to mod this file which I have
> tried, but so far no luck.
>
> Also it seems quite a few people revert to fat32 out of frustration when
> trying to get ntfs support in RH7.1 & 7.2.
>
> Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Brad
>
>
>
>
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