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| Thread ID: 39231 | 2003-10-31 00:46:00 | linux partition select on a windows boot menu | hamstar (4) | Press F1 |
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| 188054 | 2003-10-31 00:46:00 | I am currently booting xp & 2k on the same partition on the 40gb drive "C:\" I have linux hidden somewhere on the same drive. Its at the end of the drive (Mandrake LInux 9.1) and is in 3 different partitions (auto-allocated on setup). In the windows boot.ini file, how can I construct the lines so boots linux? Can you even do this or is m$ a biatch?:D Also what path would I put. hda5/root or the like? Heres a line. The x's are where I am stuck... multi(x)disk(x)rdisk(x)partition(x)\xxx="Mandrake linux 9.1" /xxx in comparison... multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="MAC OS XP (Windows XP)" /fastdetect /KERNEL=ntosboot.exe If you can't do this at all or this makes no sense I have just wasted everyone's time. ;-) cher bo .chumbaa |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 188055 | 2003-10-31 01:00:00 | The first three are probably "0", like the MAC one, because you have only one disk . :D The partition you want will be the /boot one . Try FDISK /STATUS and see if you can identify the one you need . It could easily be "5" . . . assuming the Linux installation made the exteneded partition No 4, and made logicals 5,6, . . . inside that . Then the "\xxx" might be just \Mandrake="Mandrake linux 9 . 1" . There again, m\it might not be . :D Couldn't you use LILO or Grub? At least they are documented . :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 188056 | 2003-10-31 10:55:00 | Im gonna vouch for GRUB too.... :D | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 188057 | 2003-11-01 11:23:00 | Yeah, I agree, grub is way better but I don't have the mandrake cd's or a boot floppy, and when I installed XP it killed grub. So I guess I'll just play it by ear. |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 188058 | 2003-11-01 19:01:00 | Same, but i'm waiting for mandrake 9 . 2 comes out . . . . . . . Hang on, actually i might put redhat on it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Too many distros . . . . ;-) |
ilikelinux (1418) | ||
| 188059 | 2003-11-01 21:41:00 | Hi Hamster, If you go to Old Mandrake Images (ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake-old/i586/images) you can download a boot floppy image. The readma suggests that you boot from this to start a recovery. A boot image is only 1.4MB so shouldn't take long. :D HTH PS Mandrake 9.2 has been released :) |
Gorela (901) | ||
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