Re[2]: [ltp] Install linux/debian AND windows WITHOUT breaking IBM-rescue

[Oleg Sverdlov]

Hello Francois,

Yes, hda3.

Afterwards you will make windows boot linux. You'll need to transfer
one file from linux to windows, via USB key or FTP.

in Linux, after installing grub, read bootsector to file:

# dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=./bootsec.lnx
1+0 records in
1+0 records out

then transfer the file 'bootsec.lnx' to your windows drive C:

In windows:

c:\>attrib -R -S -H c:\boot.ini

Add following line at the end of boot.ini

      c:\bootsec.lnx="Linux"
        
change attributes back:

c:>attrib +R +S +H c:\boot.ini

Example of my c:\boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
c:\bootsec.lnx="Linux"



Got this technique from
http://orin.meinlschmidt.org/~znouza/doc/r51/

this actually worked for me, however I made Windows partition
14GB.
 



Monday, November 29, 2004, 10:56:48 PM, you wrote:

FM> A lot of thanks Oleg !

>> FM> This time I put grub on /dev/hda1.
>> FM> But perhaps it's better to put it on MBR /dev/hda ?

>> Don't do it; put it in the first sector of your / partition
>> instead.

FM> Now I rerun the install process, and so if I can get :

FM>   /dev/hda1 12 GB for NTFS for windows at the beginning of the disk
FM>   /dev/hda2  5 GB for the restore partition
FM>   /dev/hda3  8 GB for a linux 

FM> Then I make bootable the linux partition /dev/hda3 
FM> and I put grub or lilo over /dev/hda3  (this bootable linux partition).

FM> Am I right ?

FM> And a new lot of thanks !

FM> François




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