<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO: The Windows NT part of the work</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-5.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc6" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-5.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc6">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s6">6. The Windows NT part of the work</A></H2> <P>Copy the file from the diskette to <CODE>C:\\bootsect.lnx</CODE>. I don't tell you how to do that. <P>What lilo.conf is for linux is <CODE>c:\\boot.ini</CODE> for Windows NT. Remove the, system- and the read-only-attribute before you can modify it with: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> C:\attrib -s -r c:\boot.ini </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Now change the file boot.ini with an editor, notepad for example, as follows: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ... C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Only the last line has been added in this example. Restore the attributes after you have saved <CODE>boot.ini</CODE> with: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> C:\attrib +s +r c:\boot.ini </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>After a shutdown of your Windows NT and a restart your should see the following: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> OS Loader V4.00 Please select the operating system to start: Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode] Linux Select Linux and see LILO loading zImage .... </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-5.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc6">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
