Dual boot betwwen Win2K & RedHat Linux?

I have RedHat7.1 Win98 and Win2k all running on the same machine. The way I would do it would be install Win2K first, then install Linux. Note: Make C: your Win2K partition, but dont make it too large, Linux must be installed close to the beginning of the drive although I'm not sure exactly how close. I would allocate about 2.5GB for Win2K then give Linux about a 5GB partition then use the rest however. Have fun!

I use System Commander to manage a multi-boot machine and like it a lot. It helps get around those toucht issues with "which one to install first" and "where on the disk" a particular OS is located.

See the CTDP Linux User's Guide at:
http://ctdp.tripod.com/os/linux/usersguide/index.html
Read Item 3, "Installation and getting started", especially the section under the header "Installing multiboot systems with Windows NT or Windows 2000:.
Special items to pay attention to:
1. Read the Linux+NT-Loader mini howto from http://www.linuxdoc.org
2. Install Win2k first.
3. When you install Linux, be sure to make an emergency boot disk and install LILO on the same partition you install Linux on. Do not install on the Master Boot Record (MBR)!
4. Create a bootsect.lnx file from Linux and read it into Win2k as instructed and edit the c:/boot.ini file.
5. Any time you make a change to how you want lilo to boot, and reinstall it withthe command, "lilo", you will need to re-create the bootsect.lnx file and put it on your Win2k drive to make the changes effective.

I agree with eBob. I used xosl (www.xosl.org) to do exactly the same thing. I prefer a seperate boot manager to beat the heck out of which OS overwrites the mbr. MS's os' always seem to ignore the presence of other OS's tho'. Hmm.

hi chris
this is amit
i have installed win2k & linux on my pc in followin way & fortunatly i am able to dual boot it if u found it ok try it & let me know since u are using advance server.
what i did is i installed win 2k on fat partition instead of ntfs & then i installed linux i.e. rh7.0 by installing lilo on master boot record whenever i use to boot pc it gives me option
linux
dos
if win 2k advance server is supporting fat partition try this way & please let me know
on acc123@rediffmail.com
wish u all the baest.

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