I am using the XP bootloader to boot linux and it works just fine. I believe NT and 2000 works in the same way. Of course I messed up a few times first. Like not having a separate /boot partition below the first 1024 cylinders (< 8.5Gb or something). As well as using reiserfs for / (including /boot). Reiserfs might work for / as long as /boot is a separate partition using ext2. Check out this link: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/nt.html Basically I have a 6Gb windows partition, then a 32Mb for /boot, followed by a swap and /. I installed the lilo to a floppy. Booted up once again and run dd on the /boot partition and copied the result to c:\bootsek.lin. Changed the c:\boot.ini and finally I had a dual boot. When I start I have the option of booting XP or linux (the NT bootloader). If I boot linux the next screen will be the lilo boot manager. It works, and was not this what you were asking about? Cheers, Magnus Phil Shrimpton wrote:
Hi,
I have successfully set up SuSE7.2 and Windows2000 on my Inspiron laptop, and both work fine. The 'issue' is that I have LILO on a floppy, which needs to be in the machine when I boot to get into SuSE, and I keep leaving the disk in the office <g>
What I want to do is set it up so I can choose which OS to boot to, without the boot disk. I have read some how-tos and it said I should set-up LILO to the /boot/ partition on my SuSE partition, but both Yast1 and 2 only give me the option to save it to the MBR or Floppy.
Any ideas?
Phil