Kevin - Re-read his question and then think about the answer you gave.

As far as I know, NT, 2000 and XP all use the same "boot" procedure.  In 
order to dual boot - without needing a boot floppy, point your favorite 
browser at: http://www.tldp/org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html
It has the directions you need to set up the "menu" so you can choose 
which OS you want to boot to.  I have used these directions successfully 
with both NT and 2000 systems.  Note that once you get everything working, 
Linux wont be able to access the NTFS disks.  There used to be a driver 
that would allow you to access NTFS from Linux but I am not sure if it is 
still available - so you might want to look into that.

As for the gui problem - sounds like X is not configured properly.  You 
will most likely need to run Xconfigurator.  Once you have chosen all the 
appropriate options in Xconfigurator, there should be an option to test.  
If all is working, you will see a X screen along with a dialog box asking 
if you can see the screen.  If all is not working, just wait a bit, it 
will timeout and bring you back into Xconfigrator.

scott

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Kevin Brown wrote:

> Linux can't boot an NTFS partition.  Reformat with Fat32 or get used to a boot
> floppy.
> 
> > Greetings --
> >      I am trying to set up a duel boot system with Red Hat 7.2 and Windows
> > XP.  All of the components in my system are fairly new (less than 6 months
> > old).  I have formatted half of the 80GB drive and installed Win XP using the
> > NTFS file system.  I have installed Red Hat 7.2 on the other half of the
> > drive.  Here are some of the installation particulars:
> > 
> >      1.  GRUB was selected as the boot loader.
> >      2.  Boot loader record was installed on the first sector on the boot
> > partition.
> >      3.  Both GNOME and KDE were installed.
> > 
> >      So far I have two problems that I was hoping someone might be able to
> > help me with.  First, I do not receive a menu asking me which OS I would like
> > to start?  I selected Win XP as the default and the system will boot to that,
> > but if I want to start Linux I have to use the boot floppy.  Second problem,
> > when I do start Linux it is in the text mode.  I have tried the startx command
> > and also change the file /etc/inittab to read id:5:initdefault: to change to
> > graphical mode but I have had no luck.
> >      I have done a very limited amount of programming in the past and I have
> > no Linux experience.  Does anyone have some input on this situation?  I would
> > really appreciate the help.
> >      Thank You
> >      Peter Koch
> > 
> >
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