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Dual Boot
Name: MrWizard Date: November 6, 2002 at 16:21:25 Pacific OS: NT/Linux CPU/Ram: 533/256
Comment:
I have a 533mhz with 256mb ram 20gig hard drive 15gig running w2k auto log on dose not require a password (home computer) Any ways I installed Mandrake on to the remaining 5gig now when I reboot I get the Linux screen counting down 20 sec. to boot Linux is at the top I would like to have NT at the top. I am using the dual boot so I can learn Linux so far I am just stumbling through but I definitely need NT to boot first for the rest of the family.
Name: JG Date: November 6, 2002 at 17:43:34 Pacific
Reply:
You should probably have asked this on the Linux forum, since you'll need to reconfigure your Linux boot loader. How you do so depends on which loader you use, so you should find that out first.
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Response Number 2
Name: CleoTechtra Date: November 7, 2002 at 00:51:37 Pacific
Reply:
JG- He says he sees the Linux screen counting down but what I think he means is that he sees the Windows boot option screen displaying Linux as the default OS.
Mr Wizard- To change this: Right click on My Computer Click the 'Advanced' tab Click the 'Starup & Recovery' button use the dropdown arrow to set windows as the default operating system and set the length of time that the choices are displayed if you'd like Click OK
cleo
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Response Number 3
Name: moog Date: November 7, 2002 at 04:30:01 Pacific
Reply:
Log in to Linux as root. Open an X-terminal and run the following command
lilo -D NT
Since you're running Mandrake,I suppose NT is the boot label (in Lilo) for your NT OS.
After running the above command lilo should give a feedback like " added * NT " not sure anymore how it really looks.
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