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Software => BSD, Linux, and Unix => Topic started by: MIRKOSOFT on March 01, 2019, 05:09:34 PM

Title: Linux Mint installation and boot from 1st sector instead MBR
Post by: MIRKOSOFT on March 01, 2019, 05:09:34 PM

Hi!

I'm in Linux beginner.
I need to leave MBR as is and install Linux Mint with booting from 1st sector of Linux partition. Linux partition will be 2nd on disk.
Really don't know how to install loader into 1st sector of 1st Linux partition.

I need also to create install floppy.
In console I need to create start.lnx - console in Linux is for me new and I tried to use:

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if=/dev/hda2/ of=start.lnx bs512 count=1but it reports error so I tried to fix it by

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if=/dev/hda2/ of=start.lnx bs=512 count=1but I don't know it is true correction.

Then I can add to NTLDR of Windows XP on 1st partition booting to Linux.

Can anybody help me?

Thank you very much.
Miro