"Kertis Henderson" <kertishenderson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.)
>
> - Kert


First off, though I know of no way to install grub or lilo on an NTFS
partition...
that's *not* where you'd want it to reside.

If you really want to use such a boot loader...you'll need to install it on
your MBR


I never tried it as I'd see no possible use for doing so...
but you could probably boot from a Linux live cd such as Damn Small Linux
and install lilo or grub from there.

If you end up trashing your mbr in the process you can
use the fixmbr command from the repair console