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Re: [lug] Tri-Boot
What is the name of that cool utility that fixes the ntldr problem?
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, matt barkdull wrote:
> I tried that order, but Windows gave me a "ntldr not found" error.
>
> Since I did not create a boot or rescue floppy for Windows 2000, I
> ended up having to reinstall it, which basically gave me the order
> Win98->Linux->Win2k
>
> I later discovered a freeware utility that would have fixed the ntldr problem.
>
>
>
> >(all spelling and grammar errors due to short things eating my feet)
> >
> > That is one method of getting w2k,98, and linux going.. doesn't need to
> >be as hard as you made it though. Microsoft likes to think alot of
> >themselves which makes the process harder than it should be.
> > All DOS, 95, and 98 installs blow away anything in the MBR and put
> >themselves in place. When NT came out Microsoft saw that people wanted
> >to dual boot 9x and NTs, so they allowed NT to have a boot manager, and
> >allowed NT to sit on the non-active bootable partition (because that is
> >where 9x/dos would have to live). But NT's boot loader is only aware of
> >microsoft OSs.. so anything else gets blown away (i've heard it is
> >possible to use the boot loader for non-microsoft OSs but while reading
> >thorugh the 'summary' I grew old and died).
> > Anyway, keeping the egocentricity of microsoft in mind, installing your
> >box for dual/triple/quad booting is pretty easy. If your starting with a
> >clean machine:
> > install 98,
> > install w2k,
> > install linux
> > Linux with the all-(most)-powerful lilo will allow you to load 1) linux
> >and 2) windows (which would be the NT loader w/ w2k and 98 in it).
> >
> >Dont know why I felt the need to share this, but hopefully it will be
> >helpful to those like me (loading linux, freebsd, w2k, 98, and another
> >linux).
>