[ltp] Thinkpad X20 dual-boot problems

[Tim Prince]

I'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear, but I am using W2K's boot
loader to launch W98SE and RH62 on my T20.  I don't know whether the W98
started from an IBM recovery CD; my company decided to wipe off the
original W2K and put W98 on before issuing it to me. The Outlook 2000
which they installed has been a real bad actor, the only good thing
being that people got so fed up with it that they demanded that the
company support W2K.  I had to uninstall O2K, put a standard version on,
and reformat my linux partition.  Now this week they are taking my T20
back and wiping off all my work and putting W2K back on.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben O'Loghlin" <ben@syseng.anu.edu.au>
To: <linux-thinkpad@topica.com>; <linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: [ltp] Thinkpad X20 dual-boot problems


> I am trying to configure my X20 as a dual-boot. I am starting with a
> Windows 98 configuration that works (as well as Windows ever does),
> containing apps which I need for a job, and I want to set it up as a
> dual-boot with Linux (Suse or RH).
>
> Problem is, when I install LILO, Redhat runs fine but if I select DOS
at
> the LILO prompt it won't boot. I thought well OK, the Windows 98 boot
> loader was probably in the MBR and got aced by LILO, so I did a sys c:
> which made no difference.
>
> Then I thought, maybe I can install the Win98 boot loader and install
> LILO on the D: partition, and just boot to Windows. The problem with
> this is, the the version of Win98 I have is a complete IBM Win98
> all-in-one recovery CD, and it doesn't seem to install a boot loader
> which gives me options of which OS to boot.
>
> My last ditch plan is to install RedHat, then install Win98 from a
> borrowed CD, and manually reinstall all the drivers and apps. I would
> like to avoid this as I have already put quite a bit of work into the
> Winsows configuration, but if it comes down to that I can do it.
>
> Does anyone know what I'm talking about and have some suggestions?
>
> Ben
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