OS loader for Win2k
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I have two Hard drives: On the first one, I have Win2k (NTFS) :rose: and on the second one Mandrake Linux 7.2 X| . Right now, I use GRUB for dual booting. However, I would like some OS loader that could be installed on my first drive (Win2K) so that I don't depend on the second HDD. Any hints? I vote pro drink :beer:
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I have two Hard drives: On the first one, I have Win2k (NTFS) :rose: and on the second one Mandrake Linux 7.2 X| . Right now, I use GRUB for dual booting. However, I would like some OS loader that could be installed on my first drive (Win2K) so that I don't depend on the second HDD. Any hints? I vote pro drink :beer:
I have only a 16 GB HDD at home and I run Red Hat 7.1, Win2K Prof and Win98. I am using LILO for split 1 which splits Linux and Windows. Then Win2K itself splits into Win2K and Win98 :-) Nish Yeah that's me down below ;-)
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I have only a 16 GB HDD at home and I run Red Hat 7.1, Win2K Prof and Win98. I am using LILO for split 1 which splits Linux and Windows. Then Win2K itself splits into Win2K and Win98 :-) Nish Yeah that's me down below ;-)
GRUB ?
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton Jr.
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I have only a 16 GB HDD at home and I run Red Hat 7.1, Win2K Prof and Win98. I am using LILO for split 1 which splits Linux and Windows. Then Win2K itself splits into Win2K and Win98 :-) Nish Yeah that's me down below ;-)
Thank you for your answer, but that's not what I want. I want my OS loader to be installed on Win2k partition, not Linux. I vote pro drink :beer:
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GRUB ?
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - General George S. Patton Jr.
I am using GRUB, but that's not what I'm asking for. See my response to Nish. I vote pro drink :beer:
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Thank you for your answer, but that's not what I want. I want my OS loader to be installed on Win2k partition, not Linux. I vote pro drink :beer:
There are other commercial boot managers (such as PowerQuest BootMagic), but you could install GRUB on the first hard-disk. Enter linux, login as root, and type /sbin/grub I understand that your Win2k drive is the primary one (/dev/hda) and the Linux drive is the secondary one (/dev/hdb). Enter the following commands: root (hd1) or root (hd1,1) . setup (hd0) Unfortunately, you will still depend on the secondary drive to be present (for GRUB to load the config files). If, however, you need to boot without it, at startup, GRUB will enter the commandline mode if it doesn't find the config files. You could manually enter the following commands to boot Win2k: root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 boot Or, you could install LILO (it's also free). If you decide to do so, please e-mail me. Valentin Istrate