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LISA 2000 Abstract
Automating Dual Boot (Linux and NT) Installations
Rajeev Agrawala, Rob Fulmer, and Shaun Erickson, Lucent/Bell Labs Research
Abstract
This paper presents a solution for automating dual boot Linux and
Windows NT 4.0 installations on a PC. The process is automated to the
extent that one starts with a PC with a blank hard disk and ends up
with a fully customized dual-boot PC. The process involves booting a
PC with a floppy disk; choosing what kin of system is required from a
menu and then, once the install begins, popping out the disk. The
unattended PC goes through installing and customizing the Linux
installation. It then automatically boots into DOS and installs
Windows NT 4.0. The whole process takes about an hour or two,
depending upon the type of installation and network speed. After the
process is complete, the PC is ready, fully customized to the user's
local environment. The solution presented in this paper can be used to
do either Linux-only or NT-only installs in addition to dual-boot
configurations.
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