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Can I boot of an XP System disk, nested in a logical volume
I would also expect that many (maybe most) of the home computers using XP would be from these corporate disks. Thus, the backlash that MS should get won't be nearly as powerful as it should be. Too bad. True. The thing is... stability is "one good reason". Things working better is another good reason.

Dual boot Debian and XP "boot failure" using XP boot loader
First was XP, Vista installation through XP. I have removed XP and now I have this situtation: boot manager is on C and boot loader on E. Mac "John Barnes" wrote: You don't say directly as asked, but it appears you have two drives. Make the C drive the first drive in boot priority in the BIOS. Using your Vista DVD

Need Dual-booting info: current 98se & add 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? I'm not familiar with XP, but if you use grub or lilo, you should only get one dialog.

Newbie: can't boot
What is the best program to use for dual-booting 98se and XP? I'm using LILO. :-) Works great. I've got three hard drives on my other computer, one with Mandrake 9.2, the other with Windows98 SE, and the third with Windows XP Professional. LILO, the Linux boot loader, handles all of them without any problems.

Boot loader
I know mandrake comes with a boot manager Yes you can install Linux after XP. Linux will give you a choice to install it's Boot loader, (Grub or Lilo) or you can create a Linux boot floppy. Either way will not change your XP partition. -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP Mstev...@mvps.org.

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Please note that I plan on using XP as the main OS. I am just interested in learing a little about Linux also. Thankyou in advance. MD You can install on the same hard drive using a separate partition or on a separate drive. Linux will install its own boot loader, taking over from the Windows one.

Boot.Ini and recovery Console
Delete your Linux partition from the Computer Management console (Administrative Tools in Control Panel). This will only work if you're using the XP bootloader in the first place. If you're using LILO or GRUB, boot.ini has no function at all. Which I've just found out this very moment!

Windows XP & Linux
If you can successfully boot Windows with the diskette then we will build a new boot.ini file for the Windows installation. 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 installation, if you do the diskette

Boot.Ini and recovery Console
Hi, Does anyone know how I can get rid of Vista's boot loader and just use XP'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.

Phantom Recovery Console in Windows Boot Manager
I installed VistaBootPro in Windows XP. Installed Vista Bootloader using system bootloader tab, selected C drive, which is what my XP is installed, and still just boots directly into XP, no boot menu option to choose XP or Vista. I just can't seem to get this to work properly in that way.

How to make HD with ultra ATA bootable
I use this technique at home, but have a boot loader (PQ Boot Magic) which brings up a menu asking which one i wish to load when i switch on my computer. with Windows XP. He has had severe problems with viruses and doesn't want to risk the data on the XP-harddisk by accessing the Internet using XP and that

Newbie : PHAT linux and XP
Start to extract the boot loader from the original Windows XP CD. Using ISO Buster, select the "folder" Bootable CD, and right-click Microsoft Corporation.img. From the menu choose Extract Microsoft Corporation.img, and extract it to the folder on your hard drive where you have your Windows XP files.

Partition Fustration
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? Check http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader-6.html, since XP is basically NT

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
Not really...you can have a dual boot system. I set up my first install that way. You have to know how to use either fdisk or a program called "fips" which is much easier. Then pick a boot-loader; Grub or Lilo. Unless you're using XP which I dunno nothing about... King Snuhw()1f --

XP + Win98 + Linux (triple boot)
That way, you will hate yourself less for using XP. :-) Thanks for any help you can give me. dave When you install WinXP choose the "new install" option NOT the "upgrade" option. Opt to choose where XP is to be installed. The XP loader will then set up a dual boot with the existing Win98 using a boot.ini file in

Dual-boot of 98 & XP - problem with drive assignments...
Bertrand Masius boz...@hotmail.com alt os linux redhat Le Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:34:13 -0400, Allan <al...@bstll.com> a écrit : I have a dual boot set up using XP and RH9 on 2 seperate drives that I can't get to dual boot properly. Im using the XP boot loader, and I have modified the boot.ini to piont to a linux.bin

GRUB Just hangs there - need help on conf file I think
I am concerned about using xp to accessing the internet. This is the first I had to use backup because of this virus. (Note, I have Nortons ghost, it is real easy to restore). I also think since I use vcom system commander boot manager, it stop the virus in in track, because it was looking for nt boot loader.

Can I boot of an XP System disk, nested in a logical volume
It will automatically load itself into the NT boot loader menu. However, this has the disadvantage of making disabling XP because the boot files are different. A better alternative is to format your install partition using XP and copy the \I386 folder from the Win 2K CD to the partition just formatted.

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Can I do this through windows or must I boot using the XP CD and follow some instruction through there? Must I format the HDD even after deleting all the Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD to A:\ ntldr ntdetect.com - Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines [Boot Loader] Timeout=3

Help with Dual Monitors / Using XP Boot Loader
Because I'll mainly be using XP, I installed windows98 on D:1-Data, then XP on C:1-OS. Everything works great, dual-boot is the way I expect it. I decided to try an autoexec/config.sys menu under DOS, so that after selecting 98 from the XP boot loader I then get the DOS menu, and from that I select an