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Evgeny Vorobyov2021-02-22 13:38:57
Debian
Evgeny Vorobyov, 2021-02-22 13:38:57

Is it possible to boot Debian using ntldr without Windows itself?

There is an old thin client Depo sky m50, which is a pity to throw out. As I understand it, it is designed in such a way that it can automatically load only Windows XP family OS. If you install Debian on it (through a bootloader by booting with a hot key from external media), then the OS will not boot from the internal drive, falling out into the PXE loader at startup (if you call the bootmenu again and choose to boot from IDE-DOM, then everything is loaded). If you put Windows XP on the drive, everything is automatically loaded.
Question: is it possible to install ntldr on the internal boot drive and load grub and debian through it? Full-fledged XP with debian cannot be installed (the drive inside is 2GB).
Perhaps you can change the boot order in the BIOS of this thin client, but I don’t know how to call the BIOS menu. Found only a way to call the boot menu.

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CityCat4, 2021-02-22
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I don't know if it helps or not, but I once saw articles on the topic "How to boot FreeBSD using the Windows bootloader". Maybe you can use the same method to grab a hornbeam - there was a feint with the ears indicating to the Windows bootloader a boot sector file stolen from FreeBSD or something like that. I saw it a very long time ago, well, and piggy is not a young woman.

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