Linux from NT5 bootloader

[urinal cake]

Has anyone gotten it to work from a NTFS partition? I have placed bootsect.lnx in C:\, edited my BOOT.INI to show the Linux option, but all I get is "LI". I really like NTFS and hate to use FAT32. What I want to know is: Is it problematic, or just impossible?

[Hena]

I used to have Win2k and Linux RH installed on same computer. And loaded win or linux though NT loader and it was on ntfs. So it is not a problem. However if you want more info on how to load linux from NT loader, here a nice HOW-TO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html) on that.

You might want to do a google search (here (http://www.google.com/linux?num=100&restrict=linux&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=lilo+error+codes+li+)) about the errors that lilo shows, since they are usually something like that.

[ 24 November 2001: Message edited by: Hena ]

[bdg1983]

Someone posted this for booting XP and Linux. The same would apply to NT or W2K.

Install XP first, then install Linux. do NOT WRITE LILO TO THE MASTER BOOT RECORD ! (/dev/hda)

write lilo to the root partition of your linux install (say, /dev/hda5)

THEN, edit the lilo.conf and make the BOOT and ROOT optoins the same
boot = /dev/hda5
root = /dev/hda5

run lilo

Now, type
dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/bootsect.lnx count=1 bs=512

that will make a file named bootsect.lnx
copy that file to a floppy that windows can read (a fat12 formated floppy, you need to figure that part out yourself)

then boot into Windows XP (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LINUX BOOT DISK AND YOU DID NOT WRITE LILO TO THE MBR )

copy the bootsect.lnx file to the C:\ drive

edit the c:\boot.ini and add..

C:\bootsect.lnx = "Linux 0wnZ j00 !"

or whatever

there MUST be a empty line after the last one.

reboot windows and you should see the XP bootup screen and have an option of XP and Linux.

[SUOrangeman]

www.winimage.com (http://www.winimage.com) -> BootPart

This command-line utility for DOS/Windows will add *any* bootable partition to the NT loader with the greatest ease. :)

-SUO