Adding Linux to Win2k Boot Menu

This is a discussion about Adding Linux to Win2k Boot Menu in the Windows Software category; Anyone have a clue how to add Linux to my already existing Windows 2000 boot up menu. I don't want to use Lilo or other boot up menu's, but I am not sure how to do so. I plan on running Mandrake Linux.

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Anyone have a clue how to add Linux to my already existing Windows 2000 boot up menu. I don't want to use Lilo or other boot up menu's, but I am not sure how to do so. I plan on running Mandrake Linux. Any advise would help!
 
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If you are going to use Mandrake linux then I think you should use "Grub" which is one of the boot loaders included with Mandrake version 7.x . During the install make sure you select to config another OS (very easy). I tried a couple of times to make the Win2k bootloader work but always had problems with the extra kernal parameters I wanted to use. If you forgot to setup Win2k in Grub during the install you can open up the file /boot/grub/menu.lst in linux and add the following lines:
 
title Windows 2000
root (hd0,0) //change this if not on first partition of first IDE HD
makeactive
chainloader +1
 
-Evan Waite
 
[This message has been edited by ewaite (edited 16 January 2001).]

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Thanks I will go ahead and just use Grub then since I don't want to risk screwing up my other OS's. Thanks again,
 
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