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Topic: How to set up a dual boot, What do I add to C:/ and boot.ini

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cbagger01

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Posted: June 13 2005,17:04

You can kinda do that with an XP (NTFS) partition, but it is slightly different than a standard poorman's install.

After burning a DSL CD-R disk, you then copy your dsl.iso file over to your C: drive (in this example, it's /dev/hda1 in linux). So you are left with:

C:\knoppix\dsl.iso

Then you reboot with DSL livecd and type:

dsl bootfrom=/dev/hda1/knoppix/dsl.iso

and it will use the livecd for initial bootup but then switch over to the *.iso file on your hard drive.

When booting is complete, you remove the cd-R disk from the drive.

cbagger01

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Posted: June 13 2005,17:06

You can get also get this to work with a boot floppy, but it requires building a custom minirt24.gz file with a modified linuxrc file and the ntfs.o driver file included.

fac23

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Posted: June 13 2005,19:30

it said I installed correctly when I installed onto my linux partion now when it reboots it goes into the standard windows startup menu. how do I get into Linux so I can use LILO to finish the dual boot set up?

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Posted: June 13 2005,21:53

boot floppy

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