dual boot linux and windows 2000

[teknoguy]

does anyone know if windows 2000's selective boot up recongnizes linux. if i install linux will the boot up mode have linux in the list.

thanks.
ryan.

 

[peterve]

if you install Win2K first, and then install Linux, including LILO, it will work ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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[sixthsense]

well peterve is right
but if u want the linux option to come under the win2000 menu then u have to do the following:

install linux on the first boot record instead of master boot record and follow the instructions below

Now you have to peel the bootsector from your Linux-root-Partition. With /dev/hda2 as your linux-partition, the dd-command is:
# dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
There is something wrong if your bootsect.lnx has more than 512 bytes.
Now copy the file bootsect.lnx to a DOS-formated floppy if this is your way to transfer files to the NTFS-Windows-partition.
You can copy it with
# mcopy /bootsect.lnx a:
or with
# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
# copy /bootsect.lnx /mnt
# umount /mnt

then boot into nt and do the following

Copy the file from the diskette to C:\bootsect.lnx
give the following command
C:\attrib -s -r c:\boot.ini
Now change the file boot.ini with an editor, notepad for example, as follows:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ...
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ...
C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux"
Restore the attributes after you have saved boot.ini with:
C:\attrib +s +r c:\boot.ini
After a shutdown of your Windows NT and a restart your should see the following:
OS Loader V4.00

Please select the operating system to start:

Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0
Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode]
Linux

Select Linux
The things would work fine now
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[sixthsense]

well sorry for thw NT thing
actually it was a cut copy paste from one of my previous threads Kapil Aggarwal

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