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I have 2 hard drives, on one of them WinXP and Linux on the other installed.
XP is installed on master drive. Is there any way I can get the option to
choose between these 2 operating systems when computer starts?
 
Tom said:
I have 2 hard drives, on one of them WinXP and Linux on the other installed.
XP is installed on master drive. Is there any way I can get the option to
choose between these 2 operating systems when computer starts?
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sure, from linux just be sure you have grub or lilo installed
 
sure, from linux just be sure you have grub or lilo installed
Does is matter if linux is installed on slave drive? And what else I need to
do after I install grub or lilo, I'm green to linux.
 
Tom said:
Does is matter if linux is installed on slave drive? And what else I
need to do after I install grub or lilo, I'm green to linux.
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No. Depending on what distro you have, Grub or LILO should have been
installed when you installed the OS. Google for "dual boot Windows
Linux" and/or look in user forums/newsgroups for your specific distro.

Malke
 
Tom said:
I have 2 hard drives, on one of them WinXP and Linux on the other
installed.
XP is installed on master drive. Is there any way I can get the
option to
choose between these 2 operating systems when computer starts?
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In the BIOS change the boot order from HD0 to HD1. This should
allow you to
boot into your Linux. Change this back when you are done.
The following is for a Debian based Linux.
Use a clean, good formatted floppy.
As root, from a terminal window. type update-grub then type
grub-install /dev/fd0.
Using a floppy is safer than writing to the MBR.
good luck
 
Malke said:
Tom wrote:




No. Depending on what distro you have, Grub or LILO should have been
installed when you installed the OS. Google for "dual boot Windows
Linux" and/or look in user forums/newsgroups for your specific distro.

Malke
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Correct...
during the install process for Linux...you should get the boot loader
option...
normally you just install it on the mbr and it will hand off to either
the windows boot loader...or to linux
 
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