[Techtalk] RE: [Newchix] W2k NTFS and RHL 7.0

[Arnold, Derek A.]

Hello,

    When doing stuff like this, I have learned one lesson:

       Install windows FIRST.  Linux sees it, FreeBSD sees it but the 
feeling is not mutual.  Installing to the MBR is usually a good idea 
(except with Debian, you have to go in and edit your /etc/lilo.conf to 
add a prompt so you can actually get into you windows os). I have done 
it with no probs.  I have RH 7.2 and Win XP Pro sharing a machine happily.

Gretchen Tollefson wrote:

> Being very new to this myself, I don't have all the answers.  However, 
> it is possible to dual NTFS and ext2, I'm running Mandrake 8.1 and 
> Windows XP.  All I did was install Mandrake (to partition and practice), 
> then installed Windows, then reinstalled Mandrake.  On the second 
> install, I had LILO install to the MBR and that took care of Windows 
> wanting to take over the bootloader.  I'm not sure if Windows 2000 will 
> take over again, I've heard of that happening, but it doesn't with XP.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyway, that's how I took care of it.
> 
> Gretchen
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: newchix-admin at linuxchix.org
>     [mailto:newchix-admin at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of phiber2001
>     Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:04 PM
>     To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>     Cc: newchix at linuxchix.org
>     Subject: [Newchix] W2k NTFS and RHL 7.0
> 
>     Well, according to http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/lilo.html
> 
>     I tried to dual boot RedHat Linux 7.0 along with Windows 2000
>     Professional NTFS. Everything went absolutely fine. When I reboot it
>     gives two options as Windows 2000 and Linux. But when I want to boot
>     from linux the screen goes blank with only a cursor blinking and
>     nothing happens. But when I go for the option of booting for
>     Win2000, windows boots fine. Then again when I put the LILO Floppy
>     it starts Linux Loader from the floppy. But all I want is to boot
>     from the HDD according to the
>     above-mentioned  link. But I don't know what mistake I made. Or it
>     is that I simply can't dual boot NTFS and ext2.
> 
>     My lilo.conf looks like this:
> 
>     boot=/dev/hda8
>     map=/boot/map
>     install=/boot/boot.b
>     prompt
>     timeout=50
> 
>     message=/boot/message
>     linear
>     default=dos
> 
>     image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
>     label=linux
>     read-only
>     root=/dev/hda8
> 
>     other=/dev/hda1
>     label=windows2000
> 
>     My boot.ini looks like this:
> 
>     [Boot Loader]
>     Timeout=5
>     Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>     [Operating Systems]
>     multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft
>     Windows 2000
>     Professional" /fastdetect
>     c:\bootsect.lnx = "Linux"
> 
>     Well, I also have a file named vmlinuz in c:\. I tried the whole
>     process with removing the vmlinuz file from c:\.
> 
>     Any help from anyone on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>     Thanks a million.
>