At 11:34 AM -0400 7/17/06, Greg Smith wrote: >Work gave me an IBM Thinkpad T43 with Windows XP installed. > >I am attempting to install FC5. For various reasons (including it not >being so obvious that I have linux installed) I do *not* want to install >grub in the MBR. > >The partitions are /dev/sda1 (XP) and /dev/sda2 (FC5). I know how to >install grub on /dev/sda2 (by checking `configure advanced boot loader >options'). The doc says ` Your computer must have GRUB or another boot >loader installed in order to start, unless you create a separate startup >disk to boot from**'. > >How do I create a separate startup disk (CD)? I don't think you need a separate startup disk. You can run grub installed on /dev/sda2 from the MSWindows boot.ini file. Copy the bootsector from /dev/sda2 to a file with dd (dd if=/dev/sda2 of=linux.bin bs=512 count=1), put that file onto your MSWindows partition (probably via a floppy or some such, don't try writing to NTFS from Linux), and add a line to C:\boot.ini (C:\linux.bin="FC5 Linux"). You could also, I think, copy /dev/sda2's bootsector to a floppy's bootsector, and boot from the floppy, or copy /dev/sda2's bootsector to a file on a bootable CD and try running it from there (CD boot is a different beast), or use the bootable CD image on the first install CD and tell it where to boot linux from. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
