On Thursday 28 September 2006 1:32 pm, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
In fact, I would refer Kai to that thread (Windows install *after* Linux), since it contains a number of very valuable instructions posted by Felix Miata.
Since it's sometimes hard to retrieve such things, I'll repost them on Felix's behalf: 1-partition completely first, preferably with a cross-platform and/or OS-agnostic tool, to prevent balks by unruly installers. Reserve for /boot on hda1, and put a tiny FAT16b on hda2 or hda3 for windoz to boot from. Make hda1 "active". 2-install Linux, but put the bootloader on hda1, not the MBR 3-add a stanza to menu.lst or lilo.conf for the windoz primary. do not include "makeactive", unless you want to always start boot from the NTLoader menu on the successive boot 4-set the FAT partition "active" 5-install windoz 5b-(optional) add the Linux hda1 to doz's boot.ini 6-use any of a zillion DOS or windoz or open source tools to change the "active" partition back to hda1 (changing 2 bits in the MBR partition table) At this point you're ready to boot any OS from the Grub or Lilo menu, with a fallback to booting either doz or Linux using NTLoader if you chose option 5b, and you're doing it with pure generic MBR code. Generic MBR code simply transfers boot control to whichever primary is set "active". Any OS installations beyond the first two are easily added to the boot.ini and/or lilo.conf/menu.lst menus. Just remember to place additional Linux boot loaders on their respective boot/root partitions, and set the doz primary active before every doz (re)installation. Paul