Linux and Windows NT

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First possibility: Use NT's Boot Manager

• Install NT.

• Partition the NT drives (Create one data drive with FAT so Linux can write on it)

• Install Linux. We assume /dev/sda3 for the root partition here. Attention: This partition must respect the 1024 cylinder limitation (1024_Zylinder.html)!

• Mount the data drive (e.g., below /dos)

• Install LILO in the Linux root partition (i.e., /dev/sda3), not into the MBR. You can, however, configure a choice of different Linux kernel images for LILO. You can do this with the following /etc/lilo.conf:

  # LILO configuration file
  # Start LILO global Section
  boot=/dev/sda3                # where LILO should be installed
  backup=/boot/boot.sda3.970428 # Backup of the previous boot sector
  prompt
  timeout=100     # wait at prompt: 10 s
  vga = normal    # force sane state
  # End LILO global section
  # Linux bootable partition config begins
  image = /vmlinuz             #   default image to boot
      root = /dev/sda3         # root partition is here
      label = Linux
  # Linux bootable partition config ends
  # Name other Linux kernel images here:
  # ...
  

  Install LILO as usual with /sbin/lilo.

• Copy the LILO boot sector to a disk that is readable by NT, for example, with

     dd if=/dev/sda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/dosen/bootsek.lin
  

• Boot NT. Copy the file (bootsek.lin) from the data disk into the top directory of the NT system drive C: (if it is not yet there).

• Add the following entry at the bottom of the file boot.ini (set attributes)

   
     c:\bootsek.lin="Linux" 
  

• If everything works as expected, an entry for Linux should be visible in the NT boot manager during the next reboot.

Second Possibility: Use LILO

The partition types 82 and 83

Installing Linux,DOS,Windows,WindowsNT onto one hard disk

Linux on 1024 cylinder