[TriLUG] Laptop installation question

[Christopher Blackmon]

This dumb thing is so anti-linux apparently... 
I followed the instructinos to use the MS bootloader
and as soon as I tried to boot linux with the MS
bootloader... it tried to to the system restore.

lovely.

--- Mike Parkhurst <Mike.Parkhurst at samsys.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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