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| Thread ID: 45574 | 2004-05-26 09:52:00 | 2 hdds, 2 os, one pc wanting a boot menu | Rpg_pro (5689) | Press F1 |
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| 239502 | 2004-05-26 09:52:00 | I have Two Hard drives, one with Win xp and one with linux, both in one pc. now what i am wondering, is there a boot menu thingy where i can choose what OS to load when i turn on my pc? If so where can i get it and set it up Thanks |
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| 239503 | 2004-05-26 10:00:00 | Depending on the brand of Linux, you should have a very good bootloader with (usually called Grub or Lilo). Making sure that you install Linux second it should identify that Windows is already installed and include it in the boot loader sequence. Once installed you can then configure which is to be the default OS. There have already been some very good threads on it already so more info if need won't be to hard to find. Regards |
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| 239504 | 2004-05-26 10:10:00 | I have Linux Mandrake 9.2 | Rpg_pro (5689) | ||
| 239505 | 2004-05-26 10:46:00 | What exactly is your current situation as far as booting is concerned? e.g. is Windows booting but not Linux? | JohnD (509) | ||
| 239506 | 2004-05-26 12:02:00 | I had a simular setup on a pc and this is what I did, changed the boot order in the BIOS depending on which OS I whated to use, but a boot loader I agree would be better I was just too lazy at the time to set it up | beama (111) | ||
| 239507 | 2004-05-26 13:30:00 | Press F8 when booting and select the HD you want to load from. Rob |
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| 239508 | 2004-05-26 15:01:00 | I use a really good program called system commander, it will do just about everything you want with regards to running differnt operating systems/installing/formating etc... | joeflies256 (387) | ||
| 239509 | 2004-05-26 20:51:00 | www.ranish.com | mark.p (383) | ||
| 239510 | 2004-05-27 00:21:00 | Excellent. Leave Windows on your primary drive and reinstall Linux on your secondary. It should then detect Windows and prompt you regarding a bootloader. Strange that it shouldn't have done so in the first place. Did the hard drives originally belong to separate computers when you installed the operating systems? |
Bam Bam1 (5649) | ||
| 239511 | 2004-05-27 00:52:00 | Vearing slightly OT here: Does Mandrake 9.2 use Lilo or Grub by default??? |
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