I found the http://sun.drydog.com/faq/s86faq.html#7.2 summarizes all the
responses received.
Thanks to all who replied
Clive
Original question:
Hi All,
What is the sequence to recreate the Master Boot Record on a dual boot
system such that the Solaris boot manager comes up.
eg under windows fdisk /mbr linux /sbin/lilo Solaris?????
Solaris 8 Intel platform
Thanks in advance
Thanks to those who replied:
rmuirden@axa.com.au
g'day, check for the installboot binary but the dual boot is the option
i'd worry about. installboot installs a boot block that is prob. hanging
around somewhere like /platform/386pc/xyz (I forget exactly) - I know
it is definately on the solaris 7 CD if not on a running system. At any
rate there may well be a special bootblock you copy with installboot
that has the dual boot stuff. Be careful !
Nate-Itkin@ptdcs2.ra.intel.com
I use System Commander. It makes your life easy for $50 US.
daevans@us.oracle.com
Install the Windows material first. Then install the other OS's
boot block over the Windows one.
Apart from that it doesn't matter. Linux and Solaris can boot each
others systems but I find Linux's lilo.conf the easiest to get
working.
jdg117@elvis.arl.psu.edu
http://sun.drydog.com/faq/s86faq.html#7.2
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Clive Elsum BAppSc, RHCE
Systems Engineer - Information Technology Group
CSIRO Atmospheric Research
PMB 1, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia 3195
Phone : (+61 3) 9239 4509
Fax: (+61 3) 9239 4444
E-mail Clive.Elsum@dar.csiro.au
---------------------------------------------------------------------
S
U BEFORE POSTING please READ the FAQ located at
N ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sun-managers/faq
. and the list POLICY statement located at
M ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/sun-managers/policy
A To submit questions/summaries to this list send your email message to:
N sun-managers@ececs.uc.edu
A To unsubscribe from this list please send an email message to:
G majordomo@sunmanagers.ececs.uc.edu
E and in the BODY type:
R unsubscribe sun-managers
S Or
. unsubscribe sun-managers original@subscription.address
L To view an archive of this list please visit:
I http://www.latech.edu/sunman.html
S
T
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Fri Sep 28 2001 - 23:14:11 CDT