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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 13 2001,00:58  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
just a questio, but is there any way at all to make NT bootloader load linux with a certain string for boot.ini.
i've noticed they to put strings like /multi(0)/disk(0) and so on, and was wondering if it was possible to make it boot partition with linux with that string
i am aware that is should be done the other way, make lilo choose either linux or windows, but i am wondering if it's possible the other way around
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Well, this is like going around your ass to get to your elbow, but I formerly had this running when I had 3 OSes on the same box.

If you installed NT from a 95/98 partiton and you still have the "Microsoft Windows" option that lets you boot into 95/98 you can do the following.

Create an autoexec.bat for your 95/98 system with a menu for the os and each linux kernel you plan to boot. For booting 95, just have the menu skip all the stuff below.

For each kernel, put a line in the autoexec for each menu item that is something like "SHELL=C:\loadlindirectory\loadlin.exe Linux.image" Where loadlindirectory is the directory loadlin is in, and Linux.image is the kernel you want to boot.

Basically, you'll get the NT bootmenu and select the Windows 9X option, and then pick windows 9X or linux in the next menu. It works, but seemed like a hassel.

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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 13 2001,23:57 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
I don't know of any way to make the NT bootloader start Linux, but you can make LILO boot your NT partition.

I'm currently quad-booting without a hitch. The boot process goes :

LILO -> Linux or my NT partition
NT Boot loader -> Win2K(Home), Win2K(Work), Win98

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that's just to much stuff man. I'd get so pissed having to switch between oses all the time. I just have one system for linux, and one for win98, which *might* (read: probably not, but who knows) be upgraded to 2k.

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well the thing is...
i have my master hardrive split in two
on first partition i have 2000 Advanced Server and on the second one i have XP RTM. Now i hade another 2 partitions on my slave drive and used one for swap and another one for root partition. well since u can't make a partition on slave active and boot from it lilo has to write itself to the boot sector of the active partition. redhat did that nicely, so did slackware. but now i installed mandrake and it completely screwes up my MBS. i have lilo on boot and when i choose dos it gives me a choice of either 2kAS or XP
when i try to boot to xp it just hangs nad then i get a blue screen
i tried repairing XP from repair console and the full repair thing. nothing worked
after i reinstalled XP my lilo was gone, but XP was booting just fine
i can attempt to set windows 2000 pertition as active and install lilo that way, but i am afraid i will loose my advanced server, and quiet frankly it will be a pain in the ass to set it all up again
so i guess since i don't use linux too often i will just stick to booting from a floppy
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It baffles me how much effort people are willing to expend to have a bunch of OS's on their computers. I have 1 OS on each computer, WinXP (Desktop), Win2K (Laptop), Win2K Adv Server (Server). They all have distinct purposes... Lunix doesn't fall under any of them. Seems like ya'll try to create reasons to justify having an OS. I tried Lunix for a while, but couldn't find a good use for it. It sat there until the OS crashed, and the motherboard went quickly with it.
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well i only have a luxury of one computer so i have to fit everything i want on it. XP is my main os while linux and advanced server are there just for learning
i resort to the two when i have lots of free time and a specific task i want done or just want to learn a bit more about linux so i just go in and screw around with it
only reason i have all those OSs

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PostIcon Posted on: Oct. 15 2001,08:28 Skip to the previous post in this topic.  Ignore posts   QUOTE
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Originally posted by askheaves:
It baffles me how much effort people are willing to expend to have a bunch of OS's on their computers. I have 1 OS on each computer, WinXP (Desktop), Win2K (Laptop), Win2K Adv Server (Server). They all have distinct purposes... Lunix doesn't fall under any of them. Seems like ya'll try to create reasons to justify having an OS. I tried Lunix for a while, but couldn't find a good use for it. It sat there until the OS crashed, and the motherboard went quickly with it.

Each to their own, but you sat around til it crashed?!

My box has been up for 10 days (since I built it) so far, and it only goes down for kernel or hardware upgrades.

It's a server for ~10 machines, and does SSH, FTP, SMB, DNS, WWW, SMTP, POP3, MRTG, BB, IPCHAINS & IPMASQ, all that shiznit.

I'd pitch a linux box's stability as a server against an NT box any day, but I ain't starting no OS war.

One fundimental part is, it's free! How many people here that are running Win2k server bla bla have actually paid for it?

Exactly.

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