[Gllug] XP - Linux dual boot

[Garry Heaton]

Simon Faulkner wrote:
> Building a new PC for a friend who needs XP for his work but wants to dual
> boot Linux as well (RedHat 9)
> 
> Any particular best way to do this?
> 
> Simon
> 
If you want to keep the Windows boot menu you'll need to create a boot
floppy for the Red Hat installation then reboot with it. Next mount your
floppy drive and create a linux.bin file for Windows with:

dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin

Reboot into XP and edit your C:\boot.ini file by adding:

C:\linux.bin = "Red Hat Linux"

The Windows boot menu should now have a Red Hat Linux option.

Garry Heaton






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