[MACEP] Dual Boot Linux and W2k

[Richardson, Jim]

Folks,

My A+/Network kids and I are busy trying to create a custom Dual Boot
Linux TC and W2k image for installing to a new combo lab we hope to open
for next year. The lab will have PCs that can either boot directly into
Win2k on the local HD for use in our Computer Apps classes or boot from
the local HD to a Linux K12LTCS Thin Client environment for our AP
Computer Science class.

We have spent many hours solving the puzzle of getting the Linux TC boot
roms to work when installed on the local HD, rather than from the a
floppy. With the help of several Linux folks we have a successful build
that does just this using the XOLS boot loader. 

But here is the rub, when imaged disk to disk, the XOLS boot loader gets
broken and the clone doesn't know where to boot to.
 I suspect it is due to Ghost and Power Quest cloning tools just clone
the partitions and ignore the MBR.......so the clone's MBR is not
modified.
We can reinstall XOLS manually from a floppy on each clone and all works
well then...........but if possible, I would like to build a drive that
can be imaged without a reinstall from floppy.

Would anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks,

Jim