Dual boot

[Cyber Source]

the point i was trying to make before i knew the drive had lilo written
to the mbr (the windows drive) is that windows doesnt need anything
written to the mbr, in fact, if you fdisk /mbr on a windows drive, it
will still boot after doing so
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 10:33, JJ Neff wrote:

> Sorry, had to jump in.  The MBR is was written by LILO.  Just removing the
> Linux disk will not automatically boot into windows.  The MBR has to see the
> boot device (the Linux HD) to be able to finish.  
> 
> If you yank the boot device you can;t boot.  Windows is still there but the
> boot loader is pointing to the wrong location.
> 
> The short answer is if you don't want Linux on the box anymore run fdisk /mbr
> as first mentioned and then reboot, windows will start.
> 
> JJN
> --- "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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> > -- 
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> > Justin Bennett
> > 
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> > 
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> > Cyber Source < peter at thecybersource.com> 	
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