[MACEP] Dual Boot Linux and W2k

[Eric Harrison]

Another option that has not been mentioned is to use Window's
bootloader to load the LTSP boot image.

I did a quick google search for "linux nt boot loader" and found
47,200 hits, such as: http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/ntldr.php

-Eric

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Richardson, Jim wrote:

> 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