Run 2 OS??

cybereclipse

cybereclipse

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Hi, im running a windows xp home edition pentium4 2.66 Ghz box, i put in two hard drives one 120GB and the other 60GB, the 120GB has windows xp and the 60 GB has linux, i want to be able to run both os on this one computer. I set the 120 GB to primary and the 60 GB to slave, but an os choices menu does not appear??
help plz, i have to use linux for varius reasons.
 
cybereclipse said:
Hi, im running a windows xp home edition pentium4 2.66 Ghz box, i put in two hard drives one 120GB and the other 60GB, the 120GB has windows xp and the 60 GB has linux, i want to be able to run both os on this one computer. I set the 120 GB to primary and the 60 GB to slave, but an os choices menu does not appear??
help plz, i have to use linux for varius reasons.
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why dont you create a linux partition on the primary hard drive as well? when the computer boots, its first booting the device is the 120gb hard drive so its going to run windows.
 
1 i have partition magic, but forget about partitoning it, i just tried having the 60 GB booting first under the CMOS but it just pauses and then boots windows
 
you could put this in your boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

it supposed to ask you which drive to boot from. please take precautions before trying this. xp doesnt like to boot slave drives.
 
no problem. post back and let me know if it worked.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

no space in windows

edit: never there isnt a space just looks like it on my computer
 
heres a copy of mine before i edit it
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo
our partitions aer diffrent, yet when i add parital of it so i looks like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn /bootlogo
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
and boot up again, it gives me a boot screen but when i click on proffesional, it says missing file, please reinstall, so i clicked on home and then my regular winodws booted up
 
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