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We've described several typical dual boot scenarios below, in case you are having -difficulty setting up your system.</p> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BOOTING-DUAL-WINDOWS" name="BOOTING-DUAL-WINDOWS">7.3.1 -Windows</a></h2> - -<p>Setting up a computer with both MS Windows and Linux is probably the most common dual -boot scenario. There are numerous ways you can setup the booting, but this section will -cover two.</p> - -<p>Often times when setting up a dual boot system, a person will devise a perfect plan -for where everything should go but mess up the installation order. It is very important -to understand that operating systems need to be installed in a certain order for a dual -boot setup to work. Linux always offers control over what, if anything, gets written to -the Master Boot Record. Therefore, it's always advisable to install Linux last. Windows -should be installed first, since it will always write its booter to the Master Boot -Record, overwriting any entry Linux may have put there.</p> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN2577" name="AEN2577">7.3.1.1 Using LILO</a></h3> - -<p>Most people will want to use LILO to chose between Linux and Windows. As stated above, -you should install Windows first, then Linux.</p> - -<p>Let's say you have a 40GB IDE hard disk as the only drive in your system. Let's also -say that you want to give half of that space to Windows and half of that space to Linux. -This will present a problem when trying to boot Linux.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> - 20GB Windows boot (C:) - 1GB Linux root (/) - 19GB Linux /usr (/usr) -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>You would also want to set aside an adequate amount of space for a Linux swap -partition. The unwritten rule is to use twice the amount of RAM you have in disk space. A -64MB system would have 128MB of swap, and so on. Adequate swap space is the discussion of -many flames on IRC and Usenet. There's no truly “right” way to do it, but -sticking with the rule above should be sufficient.</p> - -<p>With your partitions laid out, you should proceed to install Windows. After that is -set up and working, you should install Linux. The LILO installation needs special -attention. You will want to select the expert mode for installing LILO.</p> - -<p>Begin a new LILO configuration. You will want to install it to Master Boot Record so -that it can be used to choose between the two operating systems. From the menu, add your -Linux partition and add your Windows (or DOS) partition. Once that's complete, you can -install LILO.</p> - -<p>Reboot the computer. LILO should load and will display a menu letting you select -between the operating systems you have installed. Select the name of the OS you wish to -load (these names were selected when you setup LILO).</p> - -<p>LILO is quite a configurable boot loader. It's not just limited to booting Linux or -DOS. It can boot just about anything. The man pages for <tt class="COMMAND">lilo</tt>(8) -and <tt class="FILENAME">lilo.conf</tt>(5) provide more detailed information.</p> - -<p>What if LILO doesn't work? There are instances where LILO just won't work on a -particular machine. Fortunately, there is another way to dual boot Linux and Windows.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN2591" name="AEN2591">7.3.1.2 Using LOADLIN</a></h3> - -<p>This method can be used if LILO doesn't work on your system, or if you just don't want -to set up LILO. This method is also ideal for the user that reinstalls Windows often. -Each time you reinstall Windows, it will overwrite the Master Boot Record, thus -destroying any LILO installation. With LOADLIN, you are not subject to that problem. The -biggest disadvantage is that you can only use LOADLIN to boot Linux.</p> - -<p>With LOADLIN, you can install the operating systems in any order desired. Be careful -about installing things to the Master Boot Record, you do not want to do that. LOADLIN -relies on the Windows partition being bootable. So during the Slackware installation, -make sure you skip the LILO setup.</p> - -<p>After installing the operating systems, copy the <tt class="FILENAME">loadlin<var -class="REPLACEABLE">X</var>.zip</tt> (where <var class="REPLACEABLE">X</var> is a version -number, such as <var class="LITERAL">16a</var>) file from root's home directory to your -Windows partition. Also copy your kernel image to the Windows partition. You will need to -be in Linux for this to work. This example shows how to do this:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">mkdir /win</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">mkdir /win/linux</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd /root</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp loadlin* /win/linux</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cp /boot/vmlinuz /win/linux</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd /win/linuz</kbd> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd class="USERINPUT">unzip loadlin16a.zip</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>That will create a <tt class="FILENAME">C:\LINUX</tt> directory on your Windows -partition (assuming it's <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/hda1</tt>) and copy over the necessary -stuff for LOADLIN. After doing this, you will need to reboot into Windows to setup a boot -menu.</p> - -<p>Once in Windows, get to a DOS prompt. First, we need to make sure the system is set to -not boot into the graphical interface.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -C:\> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd \</kbd> -C:\> <kbd class="USERINPUT">attrib -r -a -s -h MSDOS.SYS</kbd> -C:\> <kbd class="USERINPUT">edit MSDOS.SYS</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Add this line to the file:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -BootGUI=0 -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Now save the file and exit the editor. Now edit <tt -class="FILENAME">C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT</tt> so we can add a boot menu. The following provides -an example of what a boot menu block in <tt class="FILENAME">AUTOEXEC.BAT</tt> would look -like:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -cls -echo System Boot Menu -echo. -echo 1 - Linux -echo 2 - Windows -echo. -choice /c:12 "Selection? -> " -if errorlevel 2 goto WIN -if errorlevel 1 goto LINUX -:LINUX -cls -echo "Starting Linux..." -cd \linux -loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro -goto END -:WIN -cls -echo "Starting Windows..." -win -goto END -:END -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>The key line is the one that runs LOADLIN. We tell it the kernel to load, the Linux -root partition, and that we want it mounted read-only initially.</p> - -<p>The tools for these two methods are provided with Slackware Linux. There are numerous -other booters on the market, but these should work for most dual boot setups.</p> -</div> - -<div class="SECT3"> -<h3 class="SECT3"><a id="AEN2633" name="AEN2633">7.3.1.3 Deprecated Windows NT -Hack</a></h3> - -<p>This is the least common dual booting situation. In the days of old, LILO was unable -to boot Windows NT, requiring Linux users to hack NTLDR, which presented several more -problems than dual booting between Windows 9x and Linux. Understand that the following -instructions are deprecated. LILO has been able to boot Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 for many -years now. If you are using a legacy machine though, you may need to use just such a -hack.</p> - -<ol type="1"> -<li> -<p>Install Windows NT</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>Install Linux, making sure LILO is installed to the superblock of the Linux -partition</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>Get the first 512 bytes of the Linux root partition and store it on the Windows NT -partition</p> -</li> - -<li> -<p>Edit <tt class="FILENAME">C:\BOOT.INI</tt> under Windows NT to add a Linux option</p> -</li> -</ol> - -<p>Installing Windows NT should be fairly straightforward, as should installing Linux. -From there, it gets a little more tricky. Grabbing the first 512 bytes of the Linux -partition is easier than it sounds. You will need to be in Linux to accomplish this. -Assuming your Linux partition is <tt class="FILENAME">/dev/hda2</tt>, issue this -command:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -<samp class="PROMPT">#</samp> <kbd -class="USERINPUT">dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/tmp/bootsect.lnx bs=1 count=512</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>That's it. Now you need to copy bootsect.lnx to the Windows NT partition. Here's where -we run into another problem. Linux does not have stable write support for the NTFS -filesystem. If you installed Windows NT and formatted your drive as NTFS, you will need -to copy this file to a FAT floppy and then read from it under Windows NT. If you -formatted the Windows NT drive as FAT, you can simply mount it under Linux and copy the -file over. Either way, you will want to get <tt class="FILENAME">/tmp/bootsect.lnx</tt> -from the Linux drive to <tt class="FILENAME">C:\BOOTSECT.LNX</tt> on the Windows NT -drive.</p> - -<p>The last step is adding a menu option to the Windows NT boot menu. Under Windows NT -open a command prompt.</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="SCREEN"> -C:\WINNT> <kbd class="USERINPUT">cd \</kbd> -C:\> <kbd class="USERINPUT">attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini</kbd> -C:\> <kbd class="USERINPUT">edit boot.ini</kbd> -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Add this line to the end of the file:</p> - -<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> -<tr> -<td> -<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> -C:\bootsect.lnx="Slackware Linux" -</pre> -</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Save the changes and exit the editor. When you reboot Windows NT, you will have a -Linux option on the menu. Choosing it will boot into Linux.</p> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="SECT2"> -<h2 class="SECT2"><a id="BOOTING-DUAL-LINUX" name="BOOTING-DUAL-LINUX">7.3.2 -Linux</a></h2> - -<p>Yes, people really do this. This is definitely the easiest dual boot scenario. You can -simply use LILO and add more entries to the <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/lilo.conf</tt> -file. 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