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Old 12-17-2003
Dual boot problem
Hi All,

I have a pc loaded with windows 2000 professional. Recently added new disk of size 80GB and installed redhat linux to second disk. Now system is booting to linux but not to windows 2000. How to configure for dual boot.

Thanks in advance
- Bache Gowda
# 2  
Old 12-17-2003
It depends on what bootloader you are using. Recent versions
of RedHat support GRUB. In this case all you need to do is modify
/etc/grub.conf by adding something like the following:

title Windows 2000
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Type "info grub" from the RedHat prompt to get full information
about GRUB.

Older versions use LILO. In this case modify /etc/lilo.conf to
include something similar.

- Finnbarr
# 3  
Old 12-17-2003
If I use windows 2000 cd to repair, then what happens to the linux os?
# 4  
Old 12-17-2003
I have never tried this but, in theory, nothing should
happen if you used the GRUB or LILO boot loader
approach to dual booting.

If you are using a DOS/Windows dual boot approach
I suspect you may have to fix up the dual boot
parameters after repairing Windows.

- Finnbarr
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