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Dual Booting Server 2008 RC1 with windows server 2003
20 -HTH maps -----Original Message----- From: David Gerard [SMTP:f...@thingy.apana. org.au] Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 2:34 PM To: freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Cc: lil...@newsguy.com Subject: Bootloader two-drive dual-boot configuration question I am setting up an IBM 300PL (Model 6862-N2U) which is intended to

Dual boot optimum configuration, I think...
David Webb dwebb...@earthling.net microsoft public windowsxp general It seems to me that if Xandros introduced a dual boot somewhere in the system, But I'm worried that sth will go wrong at this moment and I'll lose access to Windows Ive looked at my Windows boot configuration and surprisingly, Xandros isn't

Problem with dual boot configuration
Bit Twister BitTwis...@mouse-potato.com alt os linux mandriva On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:39:15 -0500, Musical1too musician wrote: I need to repair a Windows partition on a dual-boot Windows XP Pro/Mandriva 2007 laptop with no floppy drive. The Mandriva partition is working fine now. In the repair process Windows is

Dual Boot configuration Problem
I use PQBoot to hide/unhide the correct Primary Partition and switch to allow the dual boot which is working ok. The one big advantage I think I see of this is that drive letters d: and e: are always the same. Of course f: is not seen by W98. Also, Windows 98 is on c:, and Windows 2000 is also C: I was always

Removing an OS in a dual-boot configuration
Mark Huebner mkhueb...@sprynet.com microsoft public win2000 general I'm trying to create a dual boot Win98 and Win2000 system (maybe Linux later on). First I created aC partition on hard disk #1 (Fdisk) and installed Win98. I then installed Partition Magic 5.01 and BootMagic. I used PartitionMagic to create aD

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
BOOTMGR reads the BCD file from the \boot directory on the active partition 7.. The BCD (boot configuration database) contains various configuration Colin, He's not in a dual boot situation so each drive is individual. You would have to do this if Vista was the boot manager. Don, Choose which ever OS you want

Reinstalling GRUB in dual-boot configuration
I was running a dual-boot configuration with Win98 on the C: drive and WinXP on another partition on the same physical drive. Eventually, XP seemed to be having many problems, so I decided to reinstall it, while retaining the Win98 in the same dual-boot configuration. During the XP install, I must have made a wrong

Need Lilo Configuration Advice for Dual Boot Setup
David Gerard f...@thingy.apana.org.au lucky freebsd questions I am setting up an IBM 300PL (Model 6862-N2U) which is intended to dual-boot Windows and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE. As the BIOS will happily boot from any IDE hard disk, we wanted to set it up with the present Windows installation on drive 0 (the master - which

Boot manager, XP and Xandros
Disk2 in its current state is not bootable, since dual boot has boot files for both XP and Vista on Disk1. So alright, I figure, I'll take my handy Installation disk and repair the boot file. If I load Windows Vista on the CDROM with my normal configuration - that is, with BIOS booting from Disk1 - while I can see

Dual boot drivers
You do NOT want to upgrade the current installation if you want to dual-boot. In my experience on my own systems, after receiving that particular error, I was still able to see the option to do a clean install. Circumstances vary, of course, but you should be able to get that option if you choose NOT to upgrade

Is this a good dual-boot configuration?
It *IS* true that Fedora can install on extended partitions, but that does not include the "/boot" partition when I've let Fedora auto-install, so there may be a booby trap there. What is the actual partition layout you want? Thanks to you and Yves for your answers. Short answer is: I've done the install and at

Sharing Outlook Express messages in a dual boot configuration
I have partitions in this physical order: hda4 = /boot hda2 = Windoze hda3 = extended partition, Windoze partitions plus swap and /home (hda5 through 11) hda1 = / I can't recall exactly what I did, but I know I did a lot of screwing around with partitions over the past few weeks. Can I easily put the partitions in

Dual boot configuration
One can scandisk and defrag and set up a dual boot or what ever. JPS "Doucoursey" <doucour...@aol.com> wrote in message news:20020617142802.20403.00000636@mb-bh.aol.com... This is my first Board with raid, I need 2 different o/s for my business. can i use Raid 0 and with 2- 40 gig Hd and still install 2 O/S. i want

Upgrading WinME in a dual boot configuration with WinXP
David Gerard f...@thingy.apana.org.au fa freebsd questions I am setting up an IBM 300PL (Model 6862-N2U) which is intended to dual-boot Windows and FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE. As the BIOS will happily boot from any IDE hard disk, we wanted to set it up with the present Windows installation on drive 0 (the master - which

optimal dual boot configuration
Tony W. t...@community.net comp os ms-windows setup win95 bsm...@hcbe.edu.on.ca (Brian Smith) wrote: I would like to know if anyone has any recommended arrangements for a Win95 / Win 3.1 dual boot configuration. My department has to support both (unfortunately) and would like an easy way to switch back and forth.

Vista Crashes every 5 minutes
... MCP, CNTA, CCA "cel" <cle...@stargate.net> wrote in message news:OHT#Z9uJBHA.1412@tkmsftngp07... I am dual booting with WinME and Win2k, ME on C and Win2k on D. Is it possible to convert D to NTFS and maintain my dual boot configuration? I know ME will not work with NTFS, I just want Win2k on a NTFS partition.

Removing A Dual Boot Configuration
I installed Linux, and *installed the Grub boot loader on the MBR*. I was getting dual boot options on startup of my PC and both the OS were starting up successfully. But some problem happened in Windows 2000 and it is not starting up(from dual boot screen) as its installation has got corrupted.

Dual boot dual HD configuration
Also you won't be able to "just delete" the 2nd OS, you'll need to use the dual-boot configuration utility to remove it from the equation before you can 'get rid of it'. And, you'll still have the dual-boot partition there even if it is just booting one OS, those are tricky to remove and leave behind a "single OS

Bootloader two-drive dual-boot configuration question
I have partitions in this physical order: hda4 = /boot hda2 = Windoze hda3 = extended partition, Windoze partitions plus swap and /home (hda5 through 11) hda1 = / Heh. Did you use Partition Magic to do it, which I know doesn't keep track of partiton order, or the parted or ntfsresize tools? I used Partition Magic;

Multi OS configuration
Vista doesn't boot with ntldr and boot.ini, it uses a different boot manager altogether. For BIOS computer and MBR disks the MBR loads the Boot Sector, the Boot Code loads Bootmgr, Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration