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Old 07-08-2001, 07:16 PM   #1
3twoCto
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Question Need information on dual boot Win98/Linux


I have a problem. I had some problems with a windows program and i had to reinstall Windows 98 on my system. Now when i boot it goes right to Windows. I need to reconfig my system so i can have dual boot.. Windows 98 or Red Hat Linux 7.1. My system after installing Redhat came up so i had the option. Now i need to know how to fix this. I am a new user with Linux and need to know step by step on how to fix it. I don't want to have to reinstall Linux. Is this some thing i have to change in my autoexec.bat file? --Also i am unable to find my boot disk when i installed Linux
Here is what my autoexec.bat file is now. I hope someone can help me.

rem - By Windows 98 Network - C:\WINDOWS\net start
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4
@C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\NAVDX.EXE /STARTUP
@SET CLASSPATH=C:\PROGRA~1\PHOTOD~1.1\ADOBEC~1

 
Old 07-08-2001, 09:42 PM   #2
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Take the boot floppy that you created when you installed linux and insert it into your floppy drive then reboot. This should boot you back into linux. Login as root and run the command /sbin/lilo. Then remove the floppy disk and run the command shutdown -r now. Your computer will reboot and you should be able to boot either linux or windows.
 
Old 07-09-2001, 05:52 AM   #3
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well, as stated... you're going to need a boot disk. if you still have the installation cd, it might have an option to create a boot disk without affecting the installed linux. also, i know there's a program out there somewhere that will boot linux from windows... i think it's called linloader.exe or linload.exe or something like that (i've never used it, so i don't really know) hopefully, someone who posts after me will know more .

...come to think of it, it might have been loadlin...

it has nothing to do with your autoexec file, that much i'm sure of.
 
  


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