[PLUG] bootloader for /dev/hdb

[Jeme A Brelin]

On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 14:19, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> At home I have Win2K/NTFS on /dev/hda (or C:, for family use) and
> Linux on /dev/hdb.
> Currently I boot Linux from floppy (s.l.o.w).
> 
> Is there a decent solution for booting Linux on /dev/hdb without using
> a floppy?  (gosh I hope so)
> 
> According to some dual boot web pages and HOWTOs, LILO can't boot from
> an NTFS partition, but I tried it anyway, and got "LIL-"....dead.

How did you then recover your Win2K boot sector?

One option is install LILO in the boot record of the partition that holds
/boot rather than in the MBR of the primary disk, then use dd to write the
boot record of that partition to a file.  You can move that file to your
Win2K partition and point the Win2K Boot Loader at that file.

The drawback is that you'll have to repeat that process every time you
upgrade your kernel.

J.
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