Re: [lug] Tri-Boot

[joseph lahdenpera sheedy <josephs@oeone.com>]

Just this week I got the 'ntldr not found', after installing linux on a second disk, with NT on
the first one.   The default LILO config was a little too fancy, it tried to remap 0x80 to 0x81
(twice!).  I just tweaked down the NT entry in lilo.conf to the bare minimum, then it
worked.  Let me know if you need details, I can find them.

joseph

On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 06:35:55PM -0600, Jacob Gemmell wrote:
> 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).
> >