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Best Boot Loader/Manager thingy...

FatTurtleFatTurtle
edited December 2004 in Software
What boot loader do you think is the best?

I need one, but i dont know what to choose.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
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  • FatTurtleFatTurtle
    okay....how do i boot to freebsd and/or linux using NTLDR?
  • BashBash
    I like NTLDR and LILO. Both are good boot loaders in my opinion.
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  • nighticenightice
    I would recommend GAG for its simplicity and ease of setup. You have to make sure that LILO or GRUB is installed on the linux partition (i.e. hda2), NOT in the MBR (i.e. hda).

    For NTLDR, dump the boot sector to a file (i.e. grub.bin) using dd (i think dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/tmp/grub.bin count=512) and copy it to your NTLDR partition. Edit boot.ini and add c:\grub.bin="Linux" to the end.
  • FatTurtleFatTurtle
    what about BootMagic? Have any of you ever tired that? is it any good?
  • SlashSlash
    GRUB, LILO... BootMagic sux, if you want a third-party bootmanager, get better something like VCom system commander
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