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Author: m.nuttall
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] OT: the curious incident of the NTLDR file in themultiboot system
Quoting Alex Phillips <alex@???>:

> Chris Dennis wrote:
> >
> > Yes, ntldr should be able to boot anything, including Linux. Do both
> > W2000 and WXP have the same idea of which partition is C: ? And what's
> > in C:\boot.ini
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >>
> >> Any ideas how i can solve this problem?
> >> Maybe by bypassing ntldr altogether?
> >>
> >> thanks for your time
> >>
> >> Martin N
> >>
>
> Are XP and WIN2K in separate partitions ?


yes they are

>can you install their NTLDRs
> in thier own partitions, and not in hda1 (as it were) ?



I could try that any guess on what way round it should be ie in c: and diff
ntldrs in each xp and 2k or none in c: and rest different?

> On a related note, I recall using DD to take an image of the NTLDR, and
> telling lilo to boot from this, in order to dual-boot a windows install.
> Could you take an image of each NTLDR, and point lilo/grub at these ?


Hmmm not a clue i have only used dd for floppy disks i think and that was 3
years ago./

> I'm afraid I'm fuzzy on the details, as this was 5-6 years ago.
>
> Not very helpful I'm afraid,


The ntldr idea is worth a try thanks

Martin N

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