[ILUG] That old, "booting Linux from the NT loader" question again.

[Bill Appelbe]

Hi
It wasn't me but
$ dd if=/dev/sdb5 of=temp.dd bs=512 count=1  
will do it (assuming that /dev/sdb5 is your Linux partition)

You will need LILO installed on that partition for this to work
(not on the MBR)

You could instead use a boot floppy to boot Linux and reinstall
LILO on the MBR when you are finished.

As for the tips section this is in a HOWTO - we could just mirror
them.

Bill

Glen Gray wrote:
> 
> Sorry to bring this question up again as I know it's been on the list
> before.
> 
> I'll be testing out NT5 on my current linux box (ducks for cover) and
> want to use the "dd" command to grab my current linux only boot sector.
> However once the testing I need to do is finished I shall wish to remove
> ntldr from the mbr and put back my current boot sector.
> 
> So I'd appreciate it if that nice fellow who posted the command line for
> this awhile back would do it again :-D.
> 
> Actually why don't we put things like this up on the web page. A hints
> and tips section or something ????
> 
> Anyway, I look forward to being able to grab my boot sector, save it and
> restore in the near future
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Glen
> 
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