Allen Kistler wrote:
> Kertis Henderson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a PC laptop that has a single NTFS partition, and I'd like to
>> install GRUB or LILO. My goal is to boot into the OS on the NTFS
>> partition using a Linux-type bootloader. Of course, it's easy to
>> install GRUB if you have an available e2fs or fat partition for /boot/
>> grub, but I only have NTFS at this time. I have never installed LILO
>> by hand, but I understand that it might work, too.
>>
>> I compiled GRUB2, but it segfaults. GRUB legacy doesn't seem to want
>> to install to NTFS. It says "filesystem type unknown, partition type
>> 0x7." I'm using the GRUB from Knoppix 5.0 DVD, which is 0.95 or so.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to install a Linux-type bootloader onto an
>> NTFS partition? If not, is there a better place to ask this question?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> (Hardware is Dell Inspiron 9300, WD 250GB 2.5" hard drive as /dev/
>> sda. CD-ROM + USB. No floppy.)
>
> I'm not certain why you want a Linux loader for only Windows, but ...
> I'm not aware of NTFS support for grub.conf, so that leaves LILO.
> Unless there's a live CD that includes LILO support, your best bet is
> probably installing LILO from a bootable USB drive with Linux.
> So now you need to make a bootable USB drive and put LILO on it, first.
> (I'm assuming your laptop can boot to a USB drive.)
> That seems like a lot of work not to use the NT loader on a machine that
> only has Windows.

I have managed the dual system (Linux and WindowsXp) on the Laptop. What
you need is rescue CD that allows to shrink the NTFS partition from
Windows. Then create new partions for Linux and move from there to load
Linux. At this time you may use LILO or GRUB.

pravin