Dual boot
Cyber Source
peter at thecybersource.com
Thu Jun 26 11:55:10 EDT 2003
if your getting the LI then the bootloader was put on the hard drive
that has windows on it. Boot the system with a win98 emergency boot disk
and at the prompt type a:\ fdisk /mbr , that will clear the master boot
record of the drive and should then just boot into windows
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 11:24, Riga, Anthony 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]
> > > 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:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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