On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:14:29 -0400, Filippos Klironomos
<presariod(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is the way I dual boot on my laptop. Just install GRUB on the
slave driver when you are given the option and leave the MBR alone
(Windows XP has to has to has to have it!). Then boot to linux and
give the following command:
dd if=/dev/hdX of=/tmp/bootrecord.bin bs=512 count=1
This will create the file /tmp/bootrecord.bin which has the 512 bytes
of GRUB. Copy that to your win XP dir most likely 'C:' and edit
boot.ini file in the same dir and add at the end of it:
C:\bootrecord.bin="Fedora Core 2"
Save and exit and you should be all set! Here is a link:
http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
Thanks for your very concise instructions! My first question was a
scenario where I would not want to boot to XP very often... but your
idea gives more flexibility.