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Old 01-29-2007, 05:30 AM
Gill Bates
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Dual boot Windows/Linux? Was: Freeware to fix MBR for NTFS ?

Richard Steven Hack <richardstevenhack@sbcglobal.net>:

> Windows NT/2000/XP can also boot multiple OSs using their “boot.ini” and
> NTLDR files, so for systems with multiple OSs, that would be a more
> practical approach than changing the Active partition in the MBR all the
> time."


Indeed, but which Linux distributions offer that option upon
installing?

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Re: Dual boot Windows/Linux? Was: Freeware to fix MBR for NTFS ?

Gill Bates wrote:
> Richard Steven Hack <richardstevenhack@sbcglobal.net>:
>
>> Windows NT/2000/XP can also boot multiple OSs using their “boot.ini” and
>> NTLDR files, so for systems with multiple OSs, that would be a more
>> practical approach than changing the Active partition in the MBR all the
>> time."

>
> Indeed, but which Linux distributions offer that option upon
> installing?


Or which microsoft product scans your hard drive for alternative none
microsoft operating systems and configures the bootloader to start them?


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