How can I use the Solaris boot manager to boot Windows NT?

How can I use the Solaris boot manager to boot Windows NT?


  1. Create 3 PRIMARY partitions on the disk in the following order

    1. DOS FAT
    2. DOS FAT (to become NTFS)
    3. empty (to become Solaris)


  2. install DOS (or MS Windows 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP)
    on Partition 1
  3. Then install NT on partition 2, converting to NTFS while installing
  4. Finally, install Solaris 2.6 on partition 3 using Solaris interactive.


Solaris boot manager will be the master boot controller, but then choose
partition 1 to boot NT (yes that is right, not 2). Then the NT boot manager
will come to life, allowing you to select either DOS (partition 1) or NT
(partition 2). Note that Solaris must be the active partition
when its booting.


[Thanks to Claude Dumas]




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