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-!! Preparation
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-Intall your flavour of NT-based
[Windows
] first. Make sure you use [FAT32] for your C: [Partition]. Follow up with your LinuxDistribution but don't install your BootLoader into the [MBR]. Instead, install it to the BootSector of your [Linux] root [Partition]. (This is usually offered as an option during installation.) If you cannot boot into your [Linux] system using your installation CD, make sure to create a BootDisk when asked whether you want one.
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-!! Save the [Linux] BootSector
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-Now boot your [Linux] system. Become root and do
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- # dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 of=bootsect.lnx
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-__Beware! You will not be prompted for confirmation, so make sure to type this command carefully! A typo may cost you your partition table!__
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-Make sure to use the appropriate [Partition] if __/dev/hda1__ is not your [Linux] root partition. F.ex it might be __/dev/sda1__ if you installed on a [USB] keydrive. Invoke __mount__ without parameters and look for the partition mounted on / if you don't know the name of your root partition.
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-!! Make the BootSector available to [Windows]
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-The __bootsect.lnx__ file you just created must be made available to [Windows]. To this end, mount the [FAT32] partition mentioned above. Usually this has already been set up to happen automatically by the installer, which commonly uses a mount point such as __/mnt/windows/C__.
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- # cp bootsect.lnx /mnt/windows/C
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-!! Configuring [Windows] to use the BootSector
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-In [Windows], edit the hidden file __C:\boot.ini__ and add the following line:
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- C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"
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-You should now have a "Linux" entry in the [Windows] BootLoader. Selecting this should get you into your [Linux] system
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[HowToBootLinuxUsingWindowsLoader
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