Linux/XP dual-boot with DDO

Psyche · 02-27-2005, 10:59 AM

I am currently running WinXP Pro SP2 and have been attempting to install Mandrake 10.1 Official and dual-boot. Seems not too hard, eh?

Well, there's a bit of a kicker. My motherboard doesn't support 48-bit adressing, and I have a 160 GB hard drive that up until now I've been accessing using the supplied Ontrack Dynamic Drive Overlay program from Maxtor. It seems that Ontrack and LILO don't play nice together as they both want to exist in the MBR and whichever one is installed last overwrites the other.

I've managed to remove the 160 GB drive and have Mandrake and WinXP dual boot fine from my other 40GB hd but when I then add the 160GB drive and install the DDO it seems to overwrite the LILO installer leaving me only with access to Windows.

I have installed Paragon's Hard Disk Manager and therefore have access to the partitions which Mandrake is installed on and everything seems to be fine there except I don't know how to boot into it. I was wondering if it wold be possible to edit my boot.ini file in Windows to gain access to Mandrake.

I've included the contents of the fstab file and boot.ini for reference. If anyone could offer suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

fstab:
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

boot.ini
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

**Lectraplayer** · 02-27-2005, 08:01 PM

This is a classic Linux thing that you must deal with. Obviously, most hard disk managers are written for Windows, and don't support Linux. About all you can do is figure whather or not you can access the entire hard disk from Linux without DDO, and if so, whack DDO. If not, you obviously must use a boot disk to get to Linux. Your only option other than that is to hit up Maxtor and see if they have a hard disk manager that supports Linux, or you can buy a new motherboard and a shiny new screamin' fast processor.

I'd take the processor.

As far as getting to Linux, you can probably put in the first Linux CD and boot to "rescue mode" to make a boot disk. Since I'm still a Linux noob, you'd best ask someone else about exactly how to go about making a boot disk for your system.

kaoswizz · 03-06-2005, 04:11 PM

verry good idea i would recomend buying a new procesor

lucasr · 03-13-2005, 05:02 AM

My advice on this is that you go to http://bootdisk.com/ or something similar and find yourself a Mandrake boot disk if you don't want to splash out on any new stuff.

02-27-2005, 10:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Psyche Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Linux/XP dual-boot with DDO I am currently running WinXP Pro SP2 and have been attempting to install Mandrake 10.1 Official and dual-boot. Seems not too hard, eh? Well, there's a bit of a kicker. My motherboard doesn't support 48-bit adressing, and I have a 160 GB hard drive that up until now I've been accessing using the supplied Ontrack Dynamic Drive Overlay program from Maxtor. It seems that Ontrack and LILO don't play nice together as they both want to exist in the MBR and whichever one is installed last overwrites the other. I've managed to remove the 160 GB drive and have Mandrake and WinXP dual boot fine from my other 40GB hd but when I then add the 160GB drive and install the DDO it seems to overwrite the LILO installer leaving me only with access to Windows. I have installed Paragon's Hard Disk Manager and therefore have access to the partitions which Mandrake is installed on and everything seems to be fine there except I don't know how to boot into it. I was wondering if it wold be possible to edit my boot.ini file in Windows to gain access to Mandrake. I've included the contents of the fstab file and boot.ini for reference. If anyone could offer suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. fstab: /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

02-27-2005, 08:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lectraplayer TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 527 OS: Win-XP, Debian/Sarge, and SuSI 9.1	This is a classic Linux thing that you must deal with. Obviously, most hard disk managers are written for Windows, and don't support Linux. About all you can do is figure whather or not you can access the entire hard disk from Linux without DDO, and if so, whack DDO. If not, you obviously must use a boot disk to get to Linux. Your only option other than that is to hit up Maxtor and see if they have a hard disk manager that supports Linux, or you can buy a new motherboard and a shiny new screamin' fast processor. I'd take the processor. As far as getting to Linux, you can probably put in the first Linux CD and boot to "rescue mode" to make a boot disk. Since I'm still a Linux noob, you'd best ask someone else about exactly how to go about making a boot disk for your system. __________________ Finally, killed the Window! Microsoft free, baby!! Last edited by Lectraplayer : 02-27-2005 at 08:03 PM.

03-13-2005, 05:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
lucasr Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United States Posts: 34 OS: n/a	My advice on this is that you go to http://bootdisk.com/ or something similar and find yourself a Mandrake boot disk if you don't want to splash out on any new stuff. __________________ ~ lucasr

03-06-2005, 04:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
kaoswizz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: ontario Posts: 15 OS: winxp	verry good idea i would recomend buying a new procesor