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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup Date: 2002-11-27 09:00:33 PST
> As far as I can see, loadlin doesn't work with Windows-2000, > at least if you just try to run it with "Run Program".
AFAIK it is not possible to use loadlin with W2k. In W95/98 its possible to load the linux kernel and then switch over to it. They are using some function from the HIMEM.SYS driver installed for DOS- himem support. These functions doing this switch over (starting of the linux-kernel). In W2K these support has been removed, with no way around.
> Is there a (hopefully free) alternative that can boot Linux from W2k?
Dual booting Linux with Windows Boot Loader;
Start your Linux Installation and install the /root directory into the second partition. Install LILO into the first sector of your boot partition (usually /boot) and not in the MBR.
Make a boot disk during the Linux installation if possible so that you can boot into it.
Now boot into Linux and copy the boot image from the boot sector. To do this run: dd if=/dev/hdan of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1, where /dev/hdan is the location of /boot and /bootsect.lnx is the Linux boot image. Copy this bootsect.lnx file to a safe location where you can reach it using Windows. Copy it to a floppy or on a VFAT partition if possible.
Reboot into Windows 2000 and copy this bootsect.lnx file into the root directory (C:\).
Edit c:\boot.ini and append the following line: c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux".
Reboot your system and boot directly from the hard disk.
The Windows NT boot loader should now give you the option of booting into either Windows 2000 or Linux. Try booting into both of them to see if you were successful.
If not, you still have the Linux boot floppy to start Linux with.
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