Dual boot

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Thu Jun 26 11:06:38 EDT 2003


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]
>         > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:33 AM
>         > To: 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:
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>         > > 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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