From: tzucu@my-deja.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: NT and SCO
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 09:54:15 GMT

In article <390F0D0B.7CF3061F@sound.net>, Ron Stockwell wrote:

> Has anybody out there installed NT workstation and SCO 5.0.5 on the
> same machine?
>
> I had no problems performing the installation, but it would be nice to
> be able to create a boot sector file and place it in NT bootloader,
> instead of using fdisk to activate the partition I want to use.

The NT OS loader likes to have the boot sector from the other operating
systems available as a file. It reads this file and starts the
operating system selected, i.e. either Windows NT in different Modes or
any other OS.

To solve your problem:

1. from Windows NT : There is a NT-programm called BOOTPART written by
G. Vollant that can do this job for you. Bootpart is available at
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm.

2. From Unix :
# dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.unx bs=512 count=1

Copy this file to C:\\bootsect.unx
Remove the, system- and the read-only-attribute before you can modify
it with:

C:\attrib -s -r c:\boot.ini

Now change the file boot.ini with an editor, notepad for example, as
follows:

[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 Workstation ...
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation ...
C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="UNIX"

Only the last line has been added in this example. Restore the
attributes after you have saved boot.ini with:

C:\attrib +s +r c:\boot.ini

After a shutdown of your Windows NT and a restart your should see the
following:


  OS Loader V4.00

  Please select the operating system to start:

  Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0
  Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 [VGA mode]
  UNIX