I'm fairly new to linux so i'm guessing this is a simple question for someone to answer... Is there a way to dual boot windows xp and linux (RH9) without using grub or lilo?... is it possible to just edit the boot.ini file a certain way and copying over some linux files?... i was checking around the net and there are a lot of how-to's, but i wasn't clear on whether or not lilo or grub had to be installed or used... i have 2 harddrives 1 with xp on it and linux on the other... if anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated... Thanks, ToPo Asus A7V133 AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz 512Mb SDRAM ATI Radeon 9600XT SoundBlaster Live! Value

Yes, it is possible. Install lilo-or-grub to the /boot partition on your Linux system. (If you don't have a /boot partition, use /). Make a binary copy of the first 512 bytes of the /boot partition using 'dd'. Name the file 'bootsect.lnx'. Copy that file to C:\bootsect.lnx on the Win box. Edit C:\boot.ini and at the bottom of the [operating systems] stanza add: C:\bootsect.lnx="My Linux System" Also, in boot.ini, make sure the [boot loader] stanza has a line like: timeout=20 (I am making a bunch of assumptions about your box here .... so proceed carefully) HTH, Guy

Here's the howto on it: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html