[plug] Windows XP and Debian

[I am the LinuxAlien]

No floppy drive attached but i will try grub as well as another method on 
the net to use the XP boot loader
thanks
Tim
At 11:50 AM 16/03/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>You need to actually copy the boot sector into a file and boot that with Lilo
>(or NT loader), unfortunately I haven't done this for years, so I can't
>remember how to do it with Lilo or NT loader.
>
>I haven't actually used it on Debian, but Grub makes your life so much easier
>for dual booting NT systems and Linux.
>
>example config for grub would be
>
>default 0
>timeout 8
>
>title linux
>    kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2
>    initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd
>title floppy
>    root (fd0)
>    chainloader +1
>title Windows XP
>    map (hd0) (hd1)
>    map (hd1) (hd0)
>    rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>    chainloader +1
>    makeactive
>
>obviously modifying the linux entry to find your kernel.
>
>copying your old bootsector to floppy would be wise, then if it doesn't work
>you can put that floppy in and choose floppy under grub (or boot from it)
>
>HTH
>
>Quintin
>
>On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:27 am, I am the LinuxAlien wrote:
> > I am currently running both Windows XP and Debian. They are on separate
> > disks, Debian on /dev/hda and XP on /dev/hdd. I installed it like
> > recommended on the web and disconnected /dev/hda when I installed XP. I
> > wish to be able to boot ether XP or Debian through a boot loader and am
> > currently using lilo installed on /dev/hda. I can boot XP by selecting
> > "IDE-1"as the boot device on the bios and I can boot Debian through lilo by
> > selecting "IDE-0" as the boot device. I have tried to add XP to lilo but
> > can't. If I add:
> >
> > other = /dev/hdd
> >          label = "XP"
> >
> > Then it says there is not bootable disk...
> > If I add:
> >
> > Other = /dev/hdd1
> >          Label = "XP"
> >
> > Then it sits there doing nothing.
> > The XP partition is set as bootable(active) on its drive.
> > Any help would be appreciated as I don't like going into the bios every
> > time i need to swap OSs.
> > I have set 'root = /dev/hda8' globally in the lilo.conf file, could this be
> > causing this?
> > Thanks
> > Tim
> > p.s. I don't need to here a saga on how to get rid of XP and so on. I
> > require a Windows version (NT) for work and XP is the current one i am
> > using.
> >
> > LinuxAlien
> >
> > Riverton, Perth, WA

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