Linux - dual boot

[COIS2004]

hi just want some advice thinking of installing Linux on a PC, but i want to be able to still use Windows 98 that is already installed on the PC. can anyone tell me how i can acheive dual boot?

 

[Deleted]

Create a boot.ini file within your C:/

The file content should look something like

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
rem default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 98" /fastdetect
c:\linux.bin="Linux"

next..

On the linux side you will need to extract the first 512 bytes of your linux partition.

You can do this on the CLI (Command Line Interface) with

% dd if=/dev/hda of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1

You will have to copy the output linux.bin to the root of C:/

Now you should be able to boot into either Windows or Linux successfully using the boot.ini

Using this example you can also add many other OS's easily.

I am currently running on my laptop- Win2000, RedHat, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. No floppies necessary to boot.


M. Brooks
X Concepts LLC

http://xconcepts.com

 

[COIS2004]

cheers for the advice ill give that a go... ill probably come back to you when i get stuck!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deleted]

Oops..

You will want ot change this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 98" /fastdetect

to

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 98" /fastdetect

M. Brooks
X Concepts LLC

http://xconcepts.com

 

[lukelukeluke]

if you install all the things from new, then i would just use grub as the bootloader or some else, that comes with linux. Just remember that windows always should be on the first partition of the harddisk...
Partition example:

1. FAT: Windows 98
2. ext2: /boot Linux
3. swap: swap Linux
4. ext3: / Linux