[plug] Dual Boot Linux with XP (NTFS)

[Jeff]

Sounds complicated 
I cfdisked using a linux boot cd, installed XP then i installed linux
letting it control the mbr.
then i edited lilo.conf 
other = /dev/hda?
    label=xp
    alias=3
run lilo and thats it


if i want to blow away linux its easy. use a win98 boot disk type fdisk
/mbr 
reboot and use disk manager in Xp to repartition the ext2 dir.
or blow away windows by using cfdisk in linux.

My test machine is Win98, linux and XP. I used cfdisk to make 4
partitions. Installed win98 first then  XP so i had dual boot XP and
Win98.  I installed linux last because Linux isn't the jealous type and
lets other OS's co-exist.  Then i used the above lilo.conf.

Now when i boot i get a menu of 1 for linux, 3 for windows. When i
choose windows i get a choice of xp and win98.  

On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 17:35, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

    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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