How to add Ubuntu to the Windows XP boot.ini file? [duplicate]

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Is it possible to boot Ubuntu using the Windows bootloader?

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 on a partition separate partition from Windows and was wanting to know how to add the OS to the boot.ini so I can boot into Ubuntu.


Windows XP? Well...

This has been working since the early days of NT4:

  • boot into your linux
  • mount your Windows boot drive R/W to /media/fat
  • perform dd if=/dev/sdxY of=/media/fat/linux.bin bs=512 count=1 as root, replace sdxY with your linux partition
  • edit your boot.ini to look like mine:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(5)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Safe mode)" /BASEVIDEO /SOS
c:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows XP recovery console" /CMDCONS
c:\linux.bin="Grub (loader)" 

Your results may vary: Grub2 might need downgrading to Grub 1.x for this to work.