[PLUG] Booting Linux from CD...

plug_0 at robinson-west.com plug_0 at robinson-west.com
Sun Jun 19 02:43:56 UTC 2005


> Why not just do what I've been doing for 10 years.
> 
> 1> Install Windows as normal, with a 20 gig or so partition.
> 2> Install Linux in the 2nd and 3rd partition.
> 3> Put the Linux bootloader of choice (lilo or grub) in the boot sector 
> of the root linux partition. Leave the Windows boot loader in the MBR 
> where it wants to be.
> 4> Make the root linux partition active, if it isn't already.
> 
> Lilo or grub will boot the system, and if you choose Windows, the 
> Windows boot loader takes over, and it doesn't know the difference.

Windows XP doesn't use FAT32 unless you choose that, loadlin won't
work with NTFS.  To make it look like Linux isn't installed, for 
good reason, I don't want grub or lilo installed.  I'm using Linux
as a backup solution, for security reasons I don't want it to be
obvious thast Linux is installed at all.

If someonw can point me to a good custom rescue cd howto, I'd
appreciate that.

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