Re: [edlug] Win2k and Redhat 8.0

[Roy Bamford <zenadsl6108@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On 2003.01.27 17:24 Henry Coles wrote:
> A friend is currently attempting his first linux installation.
>
> He's got redhat 8.0 onto his PC, and can happily dual boot into Win98
> (using grub). He's having a few problems with Win 2k however. He gets
> reports about a missing file.
>
> (excuse the scethy details here I'm getting all of this 2nd hand)
>
> I have mandrake living happily with Win 2k on my machine. I seem to
> remember having similar problems that I sorted out through careful
> partioning. It's a long long time since I did this however (I've been
> using the same partitions for years).
>
> Can any body provide a few pointers as to what my be going wrong?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Henry
>
>
>
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Henry,

A few rules to get NT like installs to live with Linux.

1. Windows must be on /dev/hda1
2. Don't install the Linux bootloader (Lilo or Grub) on the master boot 
record (MBA)
3. Do make a Linux boot floppy. You will need it to start Linux until you 
get the dual boot fixed
4. Follow the WindowsNT-Linux Dual Boot HOWTO.

There is a gotch that the HOWTO doesn't explain. In the steps where you 
peel the Linux boot record off the root partition. It *may* not actually 
be there. If /boot lives on / then all is well. If you have a real /boot 
partition, the bootsector will be there instead.

Now you use the Windows boot loader to start Lilo or Grub to boot Linux.
Having used Lilo like this for some time, I reccomend Grub because you 
don't need to keep moving the Linux boot record to windows every time you 
install a kernel and rerun Lilo.

Regards,

Roy Bamford

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