#Grub4dos boot menu windows#
Thankfully, you'll be able to read/write to windows partitions from Linux natively.ġ5. Once you get into the desktop, navigate to your boot folder and see if the menu.lst file is identical to the one on your C drive. Opensuse 11 should boot for the first time and complete the hardware auto configuration.ġ4. Grub4dos should load and give you options for opensuse 11 and Windows too ! So, select opensuse 11 and press ENTER.ġ3. You should see a new line 'Linux' below the usual Windows XP selection. Shutdown your system and then switch it on.ġ1. Add a new line at the end of the file and type the following:ġ0. Click the 'Edit' button under 'System Startup' to edit the boot.ini file. Rightclick your 'My Computer' icon, select 'Properties', under the 'Advanced' tab, select 'Settings' under the 'Startup and Recovery' section. So, take care that you do not have any other menu.lst file on other windows partitions.ĩ. If it does not find one in C, it will search for it in other partitions. Please note, grub4dos usually searches for the menu.lst file in C first, since that is where 'grldr' is placed. (You can also use a SLAX live cd to copy the menu.lst file, since SLAX boots faster!). Next, use explore2fs to copy the 'menu.lst' file from sda5 to the root of C.
When the installer asks you to reboot the system, just boot into winxp.Ĩ. Go over all the settings and continue installing opensuse 11.ħ. So, select 'Boot Partition' and apply the changes.Ħ. Here you'll have to make sure that grub is installed in the linux boot partition and not the MBR. Once you've made the changes, go on to the grub boot loader section. Select each linux partition (not swap) and change the i-node size to 128 in the 'Options'.ĥ. So we'll have to reformat the linux partitions. Grub4dos requires that the i-node size of the linux partitions be 128, whereas the default for opensuse 11 is 256. Under the partitioning section, you will have to edit your partitions.
#Grub4dos boot menu install#
Launch the installer on your desktop to install opensuse 11.Ĥ.
(You may look that up on the opensuse website).ģ. If it doesn't, try using the appropriate parameters or use the failsafe mode. On switching it on, it should boot from the live cd and load the opensuse 11 desktop. Then insert your opensuse 11 live cd and shutdown the system.Ģ.
#Grub4dos boot menu download#
When you're in windows, download grub4dos and you'll find a file call 'grldr' in the package.
Your linux partitions will not show up when you boot into windows, so you can't read them natively.įor this purpose, there's a utility called explore2fs.ġ. It is not advisable to create any FAT32 or NTFS partitions after sda6, to be on the safe side (when booting into windows). So, we assume there is enough unallocated space after your windows partitions.Īn ideal partitioning scheme for dual-boot would be: Please note, this is for a new opensuse 11 install, and not an upgrade. This is just a guide to help you install grub4dos so that you can boot into opensuse using the windows boot loader 'ntldr' without rewriting the MBR. In case you don't want to mess with the MBR, there's another alternative - grub4dos.
In a dual-boot system, opensuse usually installs grub to the MBR, as a result, we can choose either winxp or opensuse to boot into.
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