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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:30 AM

I partitioned my win2k laptop and loaded RH9 in the partition. But I chose
not to load any boot loader and I did not create a boot disk( my laptop has
a swappable floppy/CDRom). I was hoping (against hope!) that win2k would
pick RH9 as one of the booting option when I choose F8 during bootup. Well
that was not to be.

Now, how do I boot into RH9? Is Loadlin an option? any info on that is
helpful. I definitely do NOT want LILO or GRUB or anything to change the way
my win2k boots. I will be happy booting with a boot disk everytime for
sometime. I got in rescue mode using the installation CD but was not able to
create boot disk.
Any suggestions on different options I have?
Thanks in adv, NS.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:30 AM

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:39:57 -0600, sridhar nagabhurshana wrote:

> I partitioned my win2k laptop and loaded RH9 in the partition. But I
> chose not to load any boot loader and I did not create a boot disk( my
> laptop has a swappable floppy/CDRom). I was hoping (against hope!) that
> win2k would pick RH9 as one of the booting option when I choose F8
> during bootup. Well that was not to be.
>
> Now, how do I boot into RH9? Is Loadlin an option? any info on that is
> helpful. I definitely do NOT want LILO or GRUB or anything to change the
> way my win2k boots. I will be happy booting with a boot disk everytime
> for sometime. I got in rescue mode using the installation CD but was not
> able to create boot disk.
> Any suggestions on different options I have? Thanks in adv, NS.
>
This is really a FAQ.

If you don't want to start over, boot with the RedHat install cd 1.
At the first prompt enter: linux rescue

This will mount your root filesystem (if there are no other problems with
your install.)

From here you can make a boot floppy (until you decide how you will
handle your dual boot issue -- there are several howto's on that topic.)

Review these instructions posted here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...%401 27.0.0.1

Summary:

mkbootdisk 2.4.20-8 /dev/fd0

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...-bootdisk.html

--Douglas Mayne

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:30 AM

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:39:57 GMT,
sridhar nagabhurshana <sridhar.nagabhurshana@verizon.net> wrote:

> Now, how do I boot into RH9? Is Loadlin an option? any info on that
> is helpful. I definitely do NOT want LILO or GRUB or anything to
> change the way my win2k boots. I will be happy booting with a boot
> disk everytime for sometime. I got in rescue mode using the
> installation CD but was not able to create boot disk.

Loadlin isn't an option for NT/W2K/XP not sure about ME.

Assuming lilo.conf exists, edit it, change the line boot=/dev/hdX, to
boot=/tmp/rh9.lnx, execute lilo, copy /tmp/rh9.lnx to your windows
system partition, and modify boot.ini appropriately.

c:\rh9.lnx="Red Hat 9"

As long as you can get rh9.lnx, to the windows partition the filesystem
doesn't matter, when booting, NT/W2K/XP is responsible for reading it,
not linux, so NTFS is not a problem, just a nuisance.

Remember to replace the file on your windows partition whenever you need
to rerun lilo.

I've always found using lilo directly to be easier to maintain, but
YMMV.

I suspect you could do the same with Grub, but since I don't like it
I've never really experimented.

Michael C.
--
mcsuper5@usol.com http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/
Registered Linux User #303915 http://counter.li.org/

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 07:31 AM

sridhar nagabhurshana wrote:

> I partitioned my win2k laptop and loaded RH9 in the partition. But I
> chose not to load any boot loader and I did not create a boot disk( my
> laptop has a swappable floppy/CDRom). I was hoping (against hope!)
> that win2k would pick RH9 as one of the booting option when I choose
> F8 during bootup. Well that was not to be.
>
> Now, how do I boot into RH9? Is Loadlin an option? any info on that is
> helpful. I definitely do NOT want LILO or GRUB or anything to change
> the way my win2k boots. I will be happy booting with a boot disk
> everytime for sometime. I got in rescue mode using the installation CD
> but was not able to create boot disk.
> Any suggestions on different options I have?
> Thanks in adv, NS.

The way I do it. Works well.
Install your RH boot on /boot partition. Example hda2
Then follow -> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader-5.html

--
robert - redhat 9.0

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