[techtalk] Dual-boot Win2K and Linux

[Tania Morell]

--- aprilk <aprilk at linuxstart.com> wrote:
> Tania Morell <Tania-Maria at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >I've been struggling with this myself these past
> few
> >weeks.  In fact, I spent the whole weekend trying
> to
> >install  win3.1/dos and linux on my 486 and get
> System
> >Commander to boot both.  It'll boot windows but not
> >linux.  I know that it's doable though because I've
> >done it before on that machine.
> >It was difficult to figure out, though... I should
> >have written down the procedures many moons ago.
> >There is one sure way of doing this, however.
> >Install win2000 first, then linux second and
> configure
> >lilo to boot win2000.
> >
> >Then, when you boot your machine..  you should get
> the
> >"lilo:" prompt and then you can key in the os you
> want
> >booted.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >-Tania M.
> >
> > 
> For System Commander just tell Linux to put lilo in
> the root partition and then System Commander will
> find it and it will work. I use it like that all the
> time.
> 
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This is what I've been doing.  I have lilo on the root
and tell sc to boot it...  doesn't work for me.
Couldn't even get it to work on my PII.
I've given up..  there must be something else I've
been missing.



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Tania Morell
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