Help...

[flintstones64]

I was told to look for the file "bootsect.lin", and put it in my c: drive to be able to use the boot loader from Windows NT...I use Linux Mandrake and I can't find a file with that name...any ideas on antoher file possibly??

[larryliberty]

Bootsect.lin is simply the boot record (the first record) of your root linux partition, assuming you don't have a separate partition for your boot record.

If you're using NTFS, you won't be able to copy bootsect.lin directly to your C: drive, so you'll have to write it to a floppy first.

Assuming you have your boot record in hda3 and your floppy mounted as /floppy, the command would be:

# dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/floppy/bootsect.lin

Now take out your floppy and reboot into NT. You'll then be able to copy bootsect.lin to your C: drive.



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[flintstones64]

thanx...i'll give it a try...i like the definitions at the bottom...

Originally posted by larryliberty:
Bootsect.lin is simply the boot record (the first record) of your root linux partition, assuming you don't have a separate partition for your boot record.

If you're using NTFS, you won't be able to copy bootsect.lin directly to your C: drive, so you'll have to write it to a floppy first.

Assuming you have your boot record in hda3 and your floppy mounted as /floppy, the command would be:

# dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/floppy/bootsect.lin

Now take out your floppy and reboot into NT. You'll then be able to copy bootsect.lin to your C: drive.