boot loader

were not all weirdo pervs like yaself _A just cause i got 2 OS dont mean ive got something to work.

i use the second OS to make music, so i want a fresh install with no other shit on exept the progs i need

well try my idea in the earlier post if that don't work then just download the Super Grub Disk and boot up with that and follow the docs off their website.

And aye you can never have enough os's

On that noe _D if you want to try out linux then Ubuntu is the best linux distro to start off with. loads of support.

And that will install grub for you, so when you boot up it will offer you ina menu a ist of all your os's installed, it picks up everything. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

FcUK_I wrote:

FcUK_D wrote: i got 2 OS on 2 harddrives but there is no choice on boot up of which OS i want to boot into,
ive done bootcfg /rebuild and it finds 2 OS's so i add the second name it now when i boot up i get the choice of which one i want to boot into, but there both the same, if i boot into either it still yakes me to my main OS, what the fook is going on??
this is my 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="XP Audio" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Try replacing the lines were partition(1) change that to partition(2)

and then change the home edition line with partition(2)

so it will look 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(1)\WINDOWS="XP Audio" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn


not sure but try that.

I really should look into this properly though.

But i use grub. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

sry missed that post, if i do change those values i will still be able too boot up wont i?
ive already tried changing the value
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Audio" /fastdetect
too
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Audio" /fastdetect

but then it wouldnt boot to that OS came up with an error so i obviuosly dont want that to happen to both if i change them both, that would mean im fooked

ok _D try this i think it should work


[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="XP Audio" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

on the default line leave that to partition(1)

and then leave the other lines so it looks like above.

give that a go and tell me what happens.

cheers _I ill give that a go now, if i dont come gack then youve broken me