-----Original Message----- From: Avi Schwartz [mailto:avi@CFFtechnologies.com] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:59 AM To: gnu4u@linux.nu; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Win 200 & SuSE 7.0

I am using GRUB to boot between Linux and Win2K although I am sure LILO can do it too. No need to boot from a floppy.

Avi

--On Monday, February 05, 2001 03:00:17 PM +0100 EagleIce wrote:

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Hi all!

I just installed Windows 2000 on my home box, now running: Win 98, Win 2000, SuSE 7.0, Debian. I don't know much about Win 2000's boot strategi. It's got it's bootmanager on the MBR now and boots both 98 and 2000. At the moment I boot linux from floppy. Win2 is on NTFS, not FAT32. The question is: can I safely put Lilo back on MBR wit the normal Win98 configuration in lilo.conf? Am I right in my theory that when I choose Windows in the lilo bootup it will run Win2000 bootloader? I did this in a test-installation earlier and it worked but I don't recall all the details. A word on this would be much appreciated.

Lilo and Grub are different type bootloaders Lilo writes itself to the MBR where as Grub does not. Since you are already using the Win2K bootloader I would stongly suggest that you use either Grub or edit your boot.ini and add SuSe to it. Do Not use Lilo, or if you choose to do so Do Not use fdisk /MBR should you ever decide to remove it or you will also remove your Win2K boot record. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

You can find instructions for adding lilo to the Win2K bootloader here http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00011.asp This was using Mandrake 7.1 but it works the same witn SuSe. SuSe does not include Grub. You can find info and even download it from here http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ I saw the post from Gary. The prcedures to which he referred will not work if you are using the Win2K bootloader. They work only if you are booting directly to Win2K. To have any hope of restoring the Win2K bootloader you must run the installation cd in Rescue mode, have available a Win2K rsecue floppy you created after installation and you must have installed using NTFS. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

-----Original Message----- From: EagleIce [mailto:eagleice@post.netlink.se] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 10:10 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Win 200 & SuSE 7.0

On Monday 05 February 2001 15:15, Charles A Edwards wrote:

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Lilo and Grub are different type bootloaders Lilo writes itself to the MBR where as Grub does not. I am used to old faithful Lilo and haven't got a clue how GRUB works or where it comes from.

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Since you are already using the Win2K bootloader I would stongly suggest that you use either Grub or edit your boot.ini and add SuSe to it. Well, W2 installed it's bootloader without asking any questions so I'm stuck with it at the moment.....:-) About W2 boot.ini could you show me an example of how it might look like with SuSE in it?

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Do Not use Lilo, or if you choose to do so Do Not use fdisk /MBR should you ever decide to remove it or you will also remove your Win2K boot record. That's what I was afraid of therefore I am a bit nervous what to do. I am Linux centered, SuSE is my default OS, but I just don't know how Lilo works with W2.

Thank's for your reply. I know nothing about GRUB, is it on the CD-ROM? I've always used Lilo and got faith in it, I just don't know how it works with the W2 bootup. Cheers ei On Monday 05 February 2001 14:59, Avi Schwartz wrote:

I am using GRUB to boot between Linux and Win2K although I am sure LILO can do it too. No need to boot from a floppy.

Avi

-- @~~ EagleIce ~ gnu4u@linux.nu ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@

On Monday 05 February 2001 16:57, Gary wrote:

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 03:56:56PM +0100 or thereabouts, EagleIce wrote:

I use W2K with SuSE 7 and LILO and it works well. I have each on their own HD, but I have never had W2K's own loader installed. It is my impression that once LILO installs in the MBR, it wipes out the W2K loader completely. You can redo the W2K loader, and the directions for this is on Winders 2000 knowledgebase somewhere. I have seen it, but I am sorry, I don't remember. In my case, I don't use it too often, so really don't care if it screws up W2K. Might want to do a search in the Winders knowledgebase, so you have a backup plan.

Thank's for your reply. But how does your input for the W2 look in Lilo? Cheers, ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ gnu4u@linux.nu ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@