Dual boot

[vlok stone]

Lilo is still looking for hdb (Linux), sees it's not
there and does nothing. It doesn't automatically go to
plan B ( windows ). You'd still have to tell it to do
that. 
Telling Lilo to look to hda for a boot image is the
best option. Try my previous intructions and you
should be good to go. Booting linux from a floppy is a
step backwards and painfully slow. At that point why
bother w/ linux at all?  Either you want a dual boot
or you don't. If you don't, then by all means fdisk
/mbr 
and be done w/ it! 

 

--- "Riga, Anthony" <Anthony.Riga at searbrown.com>
wrote:
> Thats what I thought. But when I take out the linux
> hdd and try to boot into Windows I get LI and it
> dosent boot into windoze. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyber Source [mailto:peter at thecybersource.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:07 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: Dual boot
> 
> 
> If, when you take out the other hard drive, you
> cannot boot into windows, it must be like a jumper
> thing of BIOS detection issue, a hard drive with
> windows and no boot loader should just boot windows
> On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 10:26, Riga, Anthony wrote: 
> 
> Yea . I think he feels more comfortable if it were
> windows booting. I noticed too that the Linux hdd is
> starting to go bad its making alot of crazy noises
> and is old. If I replace the hdd and reinstall Linux
> with out a bootloader I can still use the bootloader
> disk right? But the lilo bootloader is still on the
> Windows partition because when I take the Linux hdd
> out and reboot to Windows I get LI. I can t boot
> into windoze. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Bennett
> [mailto:justin.bennett at dynabrade.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:10 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: Dual boot
> 
> 
> If you created one. The only thing I don't like
> about that is other than the increadable reliability
> of floppies, the kernel on the floppy isn't updated
> like it is with booting off the HD when you do
> up2date. He just doen't like the picture or what?
> 
> 
> Riga, Anthony wrote: 
> 
> Justin. 
> 
>  Would he be abe to use the bootdisk to boot into
> Linux?  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: Justin Bennett [ 
> <mailto:justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
> mailto:justin.bennett at dynabrade.com]
> 
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:33 AM
> 
> To:   <mailto:nflug at nflug.org> nflug at nflug.org
> 
> Subject: Re: Dual boot
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What  does it matter if lilo is there? you can have
> it boot windows by 
> 
> default. How would he boot into linux then? But if
> you must, fdisk /mbr 
> 
> from a dos disk.
> 
> 
> 
> Riga, Anthony wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> I setup a Dual boot Linux - hdb /Windoze - hda box
> for a family member who like using Linux for the
> games.I set it up using LILO. He wants to have it
> boot directly into Winblows without using lilo. How
> do I get rid of lilo and have it boot into windows?
> I took out the Linux hdd and tried to boot into
> indows but can only see the letters LI . Do I need
> to blow away the mbr? Do I do fdisk /mbr in Windows
> or Linux to delete the mbr?  Any suggestions? 
> 
>  
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> 
> -- 
> 
> Justin Bennett
> 
> Network Administrator
> 
> RHCE (Redhat Certified Linux Engineer)
> 
> Dynabrade, Inc.
> 
> 8989 Sheridan Dr.
> 
> Clarence, NY 14031
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cyber Source < peter at thecybersource.com> 	
> 
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> 


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