Linux + Win2k: Dual boot question...

[Entity]

I'm trying to dual boot Linux and Win2k right now; they're on two different hard drives, a 20gb maxtor (Win2k - primary HD) and a 14gb IBM (Linux - primary slave HD). I'm running into an error message when I try to use this line in my boot.ini file to boot Linux in ntldr.

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\bootsect.lin="Linux"

Where bootsect.lin is my boot sector copied from my linux HD to my NTFS hd.

Suggestions? What command line should I be using in my boot.ini file for ntldr? Is there anything else I have to do in linux?

(Debian 2.2, btw)

Rob

 

[ArkAoss]

oh oh there is a very shweet proggy called bootpart, works like a charm, install 2k on one drive and linux on other, then got toWinimage grab one of those zips, and read the page, and have fun!!

 

[BOFH]

the problem is the kernel is probably past the 1024 cylinder limit. you can either repartition/reinstall and go through all that or update to the latest lilo which works around this problem

 

[Entity]

Yeah, but I'm not using LiLO, I'm using ntldr as my boot manager. Hmm...

Rob

 

[BOFH]

ntldr points to a partition info that loads lilo. I've done this and that's how it worked for me. had the ntldr prompt, then the lilo prompt.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Just use "C:\bootsect.lin"

-SUO

 

[Entity]

SUO,

Yeah, I had that, but it gave me this odd error message - I'll post it when I get home, as I can't remember exactly what it was right now.

Maybe I need to reconfigure LILO - I'll do this when I get home as well.

So let's see, the process would be as follows?:

Configure NTLDR to use C:\bootsect.lin
Boot Linux (from floppy)
Configure LiLO
Copy (using dd) the boot sector to bootsect.lin
Boot W2k
Copy the bootsect.lin file to C:\

Sound right?

Thanks for helping a Linux newbie. 🙂

Rob

 

[SUOrangeman]

If you've already tried a few things, just save yourself and grab bootpart (linked above). It'll do everything for you. Just make sure LILO is already configured to your tastes. Whenever you update LILO, you'll have to recreate the bootsector file for Linux.

-SUO

 

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

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You might already know all this, but it might help.