From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Hirning Subject: Re: Problem booting linux from a Win2000 laptop Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:28:13 +0200 Message-ID: <200504191628.35144.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> References: <01C543F8.EE6739E0.vanitha@agilis.stengg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2120711.8JKR6ChQTo"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <01C543F8.EE6739E0.vanitha@agilis.stengg.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org --nextPart2120711.8JKR6ChQTo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi Vanitha! On Monday, 18. April 2005 11:28 Vanitha Ramaswami wrote: > I didnt install on the MBR, since in the Online help of the redhat > installation disk its mentioned that for Win2K/NT the Boot loader > should be installed in the first sector of the boot partition on > not on the MBR..? You can also do so, but then you have to mark the partition of Linux=20 as active (with fdisk or such a tool). > Anyway i will try to install the bootloader on the MBR and see > whats happening I think this is the better way. I've tested this with Win2K and WinXP=20 and it works fine. Tobias =2D-=20 GPG-Fingerprint: C39E 5381 7721 8613 B5C9 CFAF 54FC B8DB D02D 7085 Registered Linux-User #367044 Registered Linux-Machine #262062 http://counter.li.org Diese E-Mail wurde mit einer fortgeschrittenen elektronischen Signatur nach =C2=A72 2. d) SigG signiert. --nextPart2120711.8JKR6ChQTo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCZRWTVPy429AtcIURAhRpAJ9K2NUzv9eCkW0rLisH1sHKNmKqswCfczTv 815v2Ao0q3tdS+6J/kN72aY= =4Lu9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2120711.8JKR6ChQTo-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs