Man, oh man, oh man, oh man that Webmin is GREAT!!!!
I hunted around and found the boot options. Sure enough, my Windows 2000
option was trying to boot from the FLOPPY!
I changed it to boot from Partition 2 on drive 1, added a boot option for NT
from Partition 1 on drive 1 and now;
IT WORKS!
Amazing.
Thanks again, Ed.
Chet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chet Gardiner" <chetdude /AT/ pacbell .D.OT net>
To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
> Ooops. I seem to be hosed.
>
> I get Windows as a boot option (I edited the title from "DOS" to "Windows
> 2000"). It executes to commands below:
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
>
> but then I get:
>
> Booting "Windows 2000"
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
>
> Error 25: Disk Read Error
>
> press any key to continue.
>
> It then pops me back to the bootup selection screen.
>
> RATS!
>
> Oh, I just had a thought (hold the presses). My Win2K system was
installed
> on my D: drive (2nd partition on the first drive) and my NT system was
> installed on my C: drive (1st partition on the first drive). I installed
my
> Linux system in the 2nd partition on the 2nd drive.
>
> I just tried to edit the windows boot to "rootnoverify (hd0, 1)" being
> completely ignorant and assuming that that would boot from the 2nd
partition
> on the first drive. No joy.
>
> Any ideas out there?
>
> Thanks;
>
> Chet
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" <smvfp /AT/ mail .D.OT smvfp.com>
> To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
>
>
> > Hi Stephen,
> >
> > I use grub as the boot loader in my system. It come up when the system
is
> > booted and present a menu of available OS. Just select the OS you want
to
> > boot, and grub will proceed by booting the selected system.
> >
> > The easy way to install a dual boot, is to first install windows. I
> believe
> > windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0 all allow you to partition the hard disks as
part
> > of the install. If using on of the above OS, I recommend using the NTFS
> for
> > security reasons.
> >
> > After installing windows, if you are using RedHat Linux 7.3 or above,
> boot
> > up the CD and install RedHat Linux. As part of the install, Red Hat
Linux
> > will allow you to partition a drive. If available, be sure an chose the
> > ext3 as the linux default file type. If ext3 file system is not
> available,
> > select the ext2 file system for your main linux partition. When
entering
> > info about where it should be mounted, select " / " as the mount point.
> You
> > can also chose to have a separate partition for the swap file. Set up
> your
> > swap file to be somewhere between two to three times the actual physical
> > memory of your system.
> >
> > I used 12 gig for my windows NTFS, and I used 12 gig for my Linux ext3
> file
> > system.
> >
> > Once done installing Linux, reboot and the grub loader should present
you
> > with a menu to select which OS to boot.
> >
> > If using RedHat Linux 7.3, the grub loader must be manually edited to
boot
> > your window system. Initially, your only choice is to boot Linux. Once
> in
> > Linux, edit the /boot/grub.conf file and add the following to it:
> >
> > title XP Pro
> > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > chainloader +1
> >
> > Then reboot Linux and "XP Pro" for example will appear as a boot menu
> > option.
> >
> > LelandJ
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Russell" <srussell /AT/ lotmate .D.OT com>
> > To: <prolinux@leafe.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:19 PM
> > Subject: [ProLinux]How to partition for RH8 & W2K
> >
> >
> > > I want to either dual boot or launch WIN from Linux. How do you
> partition
> > > the HD so both can live in peace?
> > >
> > > __Stephen
> > >
> > >
> > [excessive quoting removed by server]
> >
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>
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