I have two drives C-E. I want to be able to boot into either drive at will. Can this be as simple as installing an operating system on the second drive and using a floppy to boot into it? If not does anyone have a link for a tutorial on how to accomplish this?
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I just did some searches and learned that having two bootable drives can cause problems...any input about this?When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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What 2 OS's do you want to run?
With Windows and Linux use the built in LILO.
With 2 versions of Windows it can be done in the boot.ini or with a third party sofware like bootmagic.Comment
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/">Grub</a.
freeware bootloaderComment
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Windows 2000 Pro.Originally posted by AZBret
What 2 OS's do you want to run?
With Windows and Linux use the built in LILO.
With 2 versions of Windows it can be done in the boot.ini or with a third party sofware like bootmagic.When you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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you don't need any bootloader if you are installing to win os just set up the two partitions as primary partitions when you format them and install both os' on each partition and when you boot you would be given a choice i am currently running win xp and win 2003 on my laptop on same disk but two partition and it works fineCustom large/complex systems programing.<br>ASP.Net, C#, XML, MS SQL, WebServices(SOAP).<br>ICQ: 235719545Comment
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For security reasons, a floppy is the way to go. There are several ways to make a multi OS bootable floppy. Google should do the trick.NO SHAMELESS PLUGS...JUST INFO & COMMENTSComment
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Well...I don't want two operating systems on the same drive but on two separate drives...that I can boot to at will...but thanks for the input.Originally posted by dotwind
you don't need any bootloader if you are installing to win os just set up the two partitions as primary partitions when you format them and install both os' on each partition and when you boot you would be given a choice i am currently running win xp and win 2003 on my laptop on same disk but two partition and it works fineWhen you're running down my country hoss...you're walking on the fighting side of me!
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I have 3 XP installs in 2 hard drives on my computer. XP sets up the boot.ini file for you so you don't have to use diskettes(are those still around?), and if you want to change the boot file just edit it with notepad.Comment
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theking his the theory si the same i ran 3 os on 2 hds and had 0 probs it is real nice if one hd crashes ya can boot to other and save whateve rya need before formattin to fix other hd if format is required
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Search Newegg.. i've seen really cheap hardware that is for this purpose exactly.. quick search I found this:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...,switch&depa=1
http://www.nicklock.com/
It's not the one I had in mind but if you search around you'll find more..Comment
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Boot loader, the best way to go!Originally posted by NetRodent
Why use a floppy disk? Just use a boot loader.
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I got win 98 on my c drive and boot to that for games and shit
i got win 2000 pro on drive d for business shit.Comment
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If you 2 versions of 2000 pro - no problemsOriginally posted by theking
Windows 2000 Pro.
Same thing as this:
It will just be 2 disks instead of 2 partions. The second intall will modify the boot.ini file for you.Originally posted by dotwind
you don't need any bootloader if you are installing to win os just set up the two partitions as primary partitions when you format them and install both os' on each partition and when you boot you would be given a choice i am currently running win xp and win 2003 on my laptop on same disk but two partition and it works fineComment
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