xp bootloader

[Bill Cunningham]

Hi all,

I tried using my xp bootloader fro loading linux and I just can't get it to
work. I added a line called
c:\lin.bin="linux"
And I tried different driver letters and it just doiesn't boot linux. Lilo
works fine but I'd rather use xp's loader to load xp and linux. What could I
be doing wrong?

Bill

 

[Jon]

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that "Bill Cunningham"

Hi all,

I tried using my xp bootloader fro loading linux and I just can't get it
to work. I added a line called
c:\lin.bin="linux"
And I tried different driver letters and it just doiesn't boot linux. Lilo
works fine but I'd rather use xp's loader to load xp and linux. What could
I be doing wrong?

Bill

That should work fine, if you've extracted the .bin file properly from the
lilo boot floppy or whatever source you used.

 

[Rock]

Hi all,

I tried using my xp bootloader fro loading linux and I just can't get it
to work. I added a line called
c:\lin.bin="linux"
And I tried different driver letters and it just doiesn't boot linux. Lilo
works fine but I'd rather use xp's loader to load xp and linux. What could
I be doing wrong?

Post to a linux forum.

 

[Bill Cunningham]

That should work fine, if you've extracted the .bin file properly from the
lilo boot floppy or whatever source you used.

I used the linux dd command to make a 512 KB x86 boot sector and copied
it to xp's root.

Bill

 

[Jon]

I used the linux dd command to make a 512 KB x86 boot sector and copied
it to xp's root.

Bill

Ok, well the method I use ( I have a similar line my boot.ini too), is to
first install the lilo bootloader to a floppy (such that it works booting
from the floppy), and then extract the first 520 bytes or so from the floppy
boot sector to a file.


My line in boot.ini is

C:\Linux\linux.bin="Linux"

I don't know if having it in a subfolder makes any difference, but might
also be worth trying.