[TriLUG] Laptop installation question

[Mike Parkhurst]

I'm not sure if you want to go there, but it may help.  If you have access
to the BIOS look for something referring to virus protection / boot sector
protection and turn it off. 

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
Of Christopher Blackmon
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:58 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Laptop installation question

I've already tried that... if I install grub or some
other boot manager into the boot partition.. my laptop
thinks something is wrong and forces a system restore
as soon as I try to boot into windows.

Christopher.


--- Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:

> The easiest way to handle his is to let grub install
> to the boot 
> partition and let it handle loading windows. Windows
> boot loader is a 
> PITA to get to work right with other OS's. When grub
> boots you will have 
> a few seconds to hit enter to see a selection menu.
> From there you can 
> choose Linux or windows to boot.
> 
> Just google "dual boot (Linux distro you are using)
> how to" and you will 
> get all kinds of step by step guides.
> 
> Dave
> 
> Christopher Blackmon wrote:
> > --- "T. Bryan" <tbryan at python.net> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> You can use the WIndows boot loader to bootstrap
> >> into Linux.  You need to have 
> >> grub or LILO or something installed somewhere
> other
> >> than the master boot 
> >> record.
> >>
> >> This HOWTO explains how.  I'm using it to dual
> boot
> >> Win XP and Linux on the 
> >> machine I'm using right now.  :-)
> >> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> > How do I tell grub to install to the linux
> partition
> > instead of the boot partition?
> >
> > thanks,
> > cb
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around 
> > http://mail.yahoo.com 
> >   
> -- 
> TriLUG mailing list        :
> http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
> TriLUG Member Services FAQ :
> http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 
-- 
TriLUG mailing list        : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : http://trilug.org/faq/
TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/