dd'ing a Win2K drive - Should this work?

[Dan Coutu]

pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> 
> Win2K is installed on /dev/sdc, Linux on /dev/sda.  There is no 
> master boot loader in the sense that Lilo is installed on /dev/sda, 
> but only deals with /dev/sda.  If Win2K is required, the Bios is 
> fiddled with in order to boot directly off that drive.

The bios fiddling is required because Win2K doesn't like to boot from
other than the first drive on a bus. In the case of SCSI I think it 
might be willing to boot from the second drive.

You can avoid the bios fiddling by using Grub and telling it two swap 
drive ids around. I do it on my laptop. Here is the pertinent snippet
from grub.conf, note the map directives.

title Windows 2000
	map (hd0) (hd1)
	map (hd1) (hd0)
	rootnoverify (hd1,0)
	chainloader +1

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Dan Coutu
Managing Director
Snowy Owl Internet Consulting, LLC
http://www.snowy-owl.com/