Vampyr 0 Posted May 28, 2001 Ok, how can i do this without installing LILO and without using a bootdisk. Any help severly appreciated. They had an article about it at www.geocities.com/xpbeta2/ but this page doesn't exist anymore. Share this post Link to post
^Klown^ 0 Posted May 28, 2001 not that complicated actually....i'll see if i can remember. 1) Install winxp first if you can 2) Install linux and make sure to install lilo on the first sector of the boot partition and NOT the MBR 3) Create a boot disk when asked in Linux installation (dont worry you wont be needint it but only once) 4) now make sure that you can still boot into winxp 5) insert the boot disk and boot into your linux partition 6) run the following commnd dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 **replacing hda2 with whatever your linux partition is ofcourse. 7)copy the bootsect.lnx file to a floppy by using the following command: mcopy /bootsect.lnx a: 8)boot into winxp, copy the bootsect.lnx file to your c: drive, and edit your boot.ini file and add the following line at the end C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" 9) save it and viola, next time you boot you will have two options Windows XP Professional Linux Your friendly neighborhood, ^Klown^ Share this post Link to post
