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How can I use MS Windows NT/2K Loader to boot Solaris/x86?

April 26, 2017boot loader MS NT Solaris Windows x86

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How can I use MS Windows NT/2K Loader to boot Solaris/x86?

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The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your native root Solaris/x86 partition into a file in the DOS/MS Windows NT/2K partition. Assuming you name that file something like c:\bootsect.sun (inspired by c:\bootsect.dos) you can edit file c:\boot.ini (after saving boot.ini to boot.

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The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your native root Solaris/x86 partition into a file in the DOS/MS Windows NT/2K partition. Assuming you name that file something like c:\bootsect.sun (inspired by c:\bootsect.dos) you can edit file c:\boot.ini (after saving boot.ini to boot.old): to come up with something like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Windows NT” multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)C:\BOOTSECT.SUN =”Solaris/x86″ C:\=”DOS” The “multi(0)” means that it’s an ATAPI drive and so for the ATAPI drives, the “disk(0)” is ignored. The “rdisk(1)partition(1)” means Solaris is on the first partition of the second drive on the first IDE channel. This procedure assumes that DOS and NT have been installed onto the first ATAPI disk and Solaris/x86 or whatever have been onto the second disk (use scsi(0) and place the SCSI ID in disk(x) for SCSI drives). Note that in or

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The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your native root Solaris/x86 partition into a file in the DOS/MS Windows NT/2K partition. Assuming you name that file something like c:\bootsect.sun (inspired by c:\bootsect.dos) you can edit file c:\boot.ini (after saving boot.ini to boot.old): to come up with something like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=”Windows NT” multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)C:\BOOTSECT.SUN=”Solaris/x86″ C:\=”DOS” The “multi(0)” means that it’s an ATAPI drive and so for the ATAPI drives, the “disk(0)” is ignored. The “rdisk(1)partition(1)” means Solaris is on the first partition of the second drive on the first IDE channel. This procedure assumes that DOS and NT have been installed onto the first ATAPI disk and Solaris/x86 or whatever have been onto the second disk (use scsi(0) and place the SCSI ID in disk(x) for SCSI drives). Note that in ord