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xp disc setup files
Easiest way is to install Windows on the first partition or drive then Linux on the remaining one and use GRUB for the boot loader. I've done it another way (but this was using Win2K, but would still work using XP) using the boot.ini settings in Windows but that involves several additional steps like writing the

Can I boot of an XP System disk, nested in a logical volume
Schulze <antis...@feuersee.de> schrieb: Then you have the choice of using XP bootloader to start up Linux or replace it with Grub/LILO. Both works, but beware that any Update/Repair of XP will wipe out the Linux bootloader and replace it with the XP one without any question. There is a mini HOWTO around explaining

Freezing after the first screen/ finding 2 installs of XP
If I understand you correctly your setup never boots using the Vista bootloader? One way or another your XP-setup immediatelly changes the MBR to NTLDR style. However I don't understand why the system won't boot using the XP bootloader. The necessary files are installed by XP setup so they are available.

Convert Windows XP Dual Boot to Monoboot
I think the beauty of it this way, is Vista is not away of the XP bootloader, and vice-versa, so perhaps it won't delete my Vista restore points. I will have to check that as time progresses. And my wife will only be using XP, so she won't be confused by having the choice of which os to boot into,

Boot.Ini and recovery Console
I currently triple-boot between 98SE, XP Pro and Mandrake 9.1. Why are you hanging onto win 98SE, given you have XP pro? I have 98 on my computer because The screen goes all white as it's counting down to the start. Stuart huh. dunno what up with that. I was just playing pod racer before coming online using XP. \

Multi boot problem, win98+winXP+linux
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp general Have you tried using the bootcfg command in the Windows XP Recovery Console to rebuild the boot.ini file If you cannot use the bootcfg command to rebuild the boot.ini file then you can try this all purpose boot.ini file: [boot loader] timeout=30

Slipstreaming and a new boot
Yvan y...@huan.net comp os linux misc I am using grub to dual boot RH 7.1 and XP. But I would like to boot OS with XP-s boot loader (then I do not get another dialog to choose OS). It worked well with RH 7.1 and lilo, but I want to knew did anyone successfully booted linux using XP boot loader without lilo?

Xp Professional trouble with boot.ini erase
CZ C...@no99spam.com microsoft public windowsxp general This would also be set up if you included the BootCfg /rebuild before Fixboot, in booting the XP CD to repair #4) and using XP boot mgr. Copied boot.ini file, then deleted it. Used XP Pro CD disc boot to do bootcfg /rebuild. Results: [boot loader] timeout=20

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Anyway, all this would be best accomplished using a FAT32 formatted hard disk, since on occasion you might want to boot from a win98se startup disk if you need to fiddle with DOS files or settings. I think all of the above info applies to booting DOS using the XP bootloader also. The first major item would be to

Using the XP boot loader insted of Vista's
I've had machines over the time, and currently have a triple-boot system with XP Home, Pro and Vista. When I turn on I have to go through Vista's boot loader and select 'Earlier Version', then XP's boot loader. I'd prefer to get rid of Vista's and manually and the partition into XP's Thanks, Paul.

Windows XP
... 1 Primary Partion: XP 2 Primary Partion: /boot 1 Extend Partition: swap 2 Extend Partition: / Bootloader 1) native XP bootloader on P1 - XP Native - XP VMware not in the MBR ) - Suse - Suse Failsafe - memtest Task: Able to run XP natively or using the same partition in vmware to run XP on a Suse 9.3 system.

Dual Boot XP/Me
As a result of this improvement, the following problem will no longer occur on most of the affected computers: The memory requirements of the TrueCrypt Boot Loader 5.0 prevented users of some computers from encrypting system partitions/drives (when performing the system encryption pretest, the TrueCrypt Boot Loader

Multi-boot from XP
Just make sure that there are no hard returns in the multi.... lines these are one line each shown with their line numbers [#]: [1] [boot loader] [2] To build the boot diskette do the following: 1- Format a floppy diskette with your Windows XP installation, do not format the diskette using a Windows 9x

Questions for everyone is alt.os.development
Most computers come with 2 partitions these days; the 2nd partition holding Vista's system recovery files. My laptop came with Vista Business installed in it. I partitioned the C: drive that contains Vista system files using XP installation CD. I did not touch the other partition that had vista recovery files or

Dual Boot XP/98se problem
It includes NTFS, NTFS format, NT Loader, First Boot Agent and several other components. After the build process, directly to a "flash disk on module" IDE partitioned in two drives, "D" and "E", partitioned and NTFS formated using the disk management tool in a normal Win XP Pro. But when I install the flash disk on

Installing Up Dated Service Packs
BTW, I've tried to install System Commander, but it quits with an error (unable to load bootloader, or some such like that). I worked with a guy from V Communications for a while, but we haven't resolved that issue, yet. If you are using XP, there will be a boot.ini file on the active partition of the hard drive

Vista disappears from boot loader. How to bring it back?
The most common option is to overwrite the MS-default DOS boot loader in your MBR with something more sophisticated. To get back to position 1, HTH John Does the fdisk /mbr command work with xp ??...I thought the mbr needed to be cleared using the xp cd and repairing it with the tools provided there.

Dual boot problems
If you want to change the boot default to linux :-), then use the windows system and get into the "boot/recover" config to select linux on the dropdown menu and apply... Well that's exactly what i did NOT plan to do. I'd like to start linux with the xP loader! Is this blasphemous? Will it work at all?

Dual boot, correct boot.ini
John John audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca microsoft public windowsxp basics A CP/M to XP/P-traveller wrote: Thank's for your quick response. .... Question 1: Can I boot of a logical volume with a system disc (E:) in it? Once again, we need to make sure that we are using correct terms, see above for definitions.

Boot into Windows using install CD??
It's not a Linux question, you want to achieve something using XP tools, ask in the XP newsgroup. I beg to differ. It is a linux question. It's covered in one of the mini-How Tos about multibooting NT and linux. Unfortunately, Mandrake won't let me create a boot floppy, so I can't use the W2K bootloader until I get