linux and win2k

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Author: Roger Prutsman
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Subject: linux and win2k
Ok, got it to work, finally. I fdisked the masterboot
record, and reinstalled win2k. Then I booted to linux
with floppy, and re-ran lilo. That fixed everything.
Seems win2k corrupted itself during the linux install.
Whatever.

--- Roger Prutsman <> wrote:
> Ok, I installed win2k on a laptop from my work, and
> then put Linux on the back side. During the install,
> I
> could not select the win2k partition for dual
> booting
> with lilo. So I thought I would manually add it in
> afterwords. Now it is afterwords. I added these
> lines
> to /etc/lilo.conf, ran /sbin/lilo, and win2k will
> not
> boot up:
>     other=/dev/hda1
>     label=dos
> I have even added/removed
>     table=/dev/hda
> to specify the partition table.
> Does anyone know how I can get win2k to dual boot
> with
> linux here? I am guessing I am missing a parameter,
> but there is no documentation on it anywhere.

>
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