[CLUE-Tech] Newbie dual-booting XP and Linux problems

[Lawrence Layman]

Kenneth-
        Use LILO to boot Windoz.
Regards, Lawrence Layman

Kenneth Courville wrote:

> Hello.  I'm new to the list and Linux, so bear with
> me, please.  I would like to see if any gurus out
> there can help me with this.
>
> My PC has a 20 Gb IDE HDD with two partitions.  Both
> partitions are NTFS, with Win XP Pro installed on the
> first partition.
>
> Recently, I started a UNIX class and decided to
> install Linux 7.2 on a second, old 3.2 Gb HDD to
> assist in my studies.  The second HDD is on the
> secondary IDE channel as a master.
>
> The second drive is partitioned as follows: 32 MB -
> /boot, 512 Mb <swap>, 500 /share (as FAT16), and the
> remaining is assigned to the root.  All partitions are
> of Linux format except the share.
>
> I was able to install and run Linux with no
> problem...with the Linux boot disk, which is fine for
> now, but I'd like to get the NT Boot loader to load
> Linux from the HDD when needed, just to speed things
> up.
>
> I've tried using the method of copying the Linux boot
> program from the first sector of the Linux partition
> to a file on the first HDD, then having the Boot
> Loader load that file, based on the boot.ini config.
>
> The best I got was a blinking cursor on a blank
> screen.  When using the bootpart program, I was able
> to get to "LI" on booting Linux.
>
> I'm sort of guessing that I need to configure LILO to
> recognize the boot image properly.  Right now, it's
> using the configuration that was created by the
> installation.  I haven't attempted to change it and am
> not sure of all of the its parameters yet.  Let me
> know if it would help to see my lilo.conf.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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