Re: Dual booting

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I am installing Server 2003 in a new partition and use the NTLDR to boot my OSes.

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
What prevents you from establishing a dedicated XOSL partition
on your new disk?

You can, of course, install Windows Server on any of your spare
partitions, using the native Windows boot manager. If you do this
then the various OSs will share the same set of boot files, which
will probably be the WinXP versions of c:\ntldr and c:\ntdetect.com.
Best to save them in a safe place before going ahead with this
approach. The Windows Server installation will also create an
additional entry in c:\boot.ini.

If you adopt this approach then each OS will have its own
drive letter which will be visible to all other OSs. In other words,
Windows Server might go to drive E: and that's where it will
have to stay forever.


"Eddy" <dont@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thx for the info, but I dont think this is going to work for me. I can't
have another partition, especially FAT. Is there a way that I can add
another entry to boot.ini to select Server 2003 and keep my other 2
entries?
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
See below.

"Eddy" <dont@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think I will do that. It sounds like a good option. But just 2
questions:
1. Can I install XOSL on my current disk (NTFS)? I have 2 disks in my
computer now. One for the OS installations and one for storage of
pictures, music, etc., which I use on all OSes. I am not going to
install any OS or XOSL on the storage disk, and I can't use another
partition of my OS drive, so can I install XOSL on C: which is one of
my
XP installations? or do I have to use a dedicated partition for XOSL?
Also is it OK if my drive is NTFS?
No. XOSL must reside in its own 15 MByte partition (preferred)
or on an existing FAT/FAT32 partition. However, the it can reside
on any disk, master or slave, primary or secondary. If this is not
suitable then you should look for a different boot manager.


2. I dont have a floppy drive. I dont have DOS. How do I run the
install
program?
You must make yourself a DOS boot CD. This is a MUST if
you are going to play with OSs and boot loaders. Have a look
at www.bootdisk.com.


Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
XOSL lets you boot into as many OSs as you have
partitions. Since you can (and should!) hide them from
each other, it does not matter in the lease if you have
multiple installations of the same OS.

Here is my suggested action plan:
1. Remove your current disk.
2. Install the new disk as the primary master disk.
3. Create a 14 GByte FAT partition at the far end. If you have no
tools
to
do this, do it under WinXP while the current disk is still connected.
4. Install XOSL in this partition..
5. Install a couple of OSs (e.g. DOS) and add them to the XOSL menu.
6. When you're comfortable with XOSL, make your original disk the
primary
slave disk.
7. Add your two WinXP installations to the XOSL menu.

Note that if you wanted to go back then you could simply make
your original disk the primary master disk again. Your PC would
then boot as before. XOSL will NOT change the WinXP boot
environment. However, it will create its own MBR on the new disk.


"Eddy" <dont@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Will XOSL boot multiple installations of the same OS (I have 2
seperate
Win XP Pro installations on 2 different partitions). Now i am adding
server 2003. Will XOSL let me select which XP to boot from?
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
"Eddy" <dont@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have XP installed. Can i install Windows server 2003 and dual
boot
easily?

"Easily" depends on your skills and experience. I would
install a proper boot manager, e.g. XOSL (free!), then
install Windows Server on a separate partition and get
XOSL to hide the two partitions from each other.

Best to practise with XOSL on a spare disk before
going ahead. If you do the wrong thing then you will
lose your WinXP installation.





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