Redhat 7.1/Win2k Dual-Boot

These may be out of date by now, but at the time it was tough getting the two to live side by side.

Linux Redhat 7.1 Dual-boot:

The following instructions have worked, but I’ve also had some problems with them. You might do better to check out: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~jomstead.

Have win2k already installed on the first disk.
Install RH using automatic partitioning
Boot (will go into Linux)

Put a bootable Win98 floppy with a recent FDISK on it in A:
Log in as root and do: (note hda1 assumes you overwrote the NT loader)

dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
cp /bootsect.lnx /mnt
umount /mnt

Now, leaving the floppy in your drive, reboot the computer. Run FDISK /MBR to restore the dos loader.

Reboot.

Log in as administrator.

copy bootsect.lnx c:\
Then type edit c:\boot.ini
add the following line to the bottom of the file:

c:\bootsect.lnx=”LINUX”
Save this file and close it. Next type:
attrib +s +h c:\bootsect.lnx

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