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| Thread ID: 84130 | 2007-10-25 05:22:00 | Using master & slave question, please | Ron40 (10475) | Press F1 |
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| 605232 | 2007-10-26 22:24:00 | I have struck a problem, that i can't figure out what i am doing wrong. I placed XP as my master & win 2000 as my slave, i changed the boot in XP as explained and clicked on "save". this is the exact copy below. [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft 2000 Professional" /fastdetect If i have XP in primary position & Win 2000 in slave, when starting the pc up i get the choice of the 2 OS's to pick from ok, but it will only start XP up, if i pick Win 2000 i get a black screen with this notice on it. " Windows could not start because of a computor disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from elected boot disk. Check boot path & disk hardware, please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware referance manuals for additional information." I have tried to put the Win 2000 in primary position & XP as slave and only Win 2000 will start up. any help is really appreciated. |
Ron40 (10475) | ||
| 605233 | 2007-10-26 22:43:00 | www.dougknox.com | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 605234 | 2007-10-26 22:54:00 | Are those spaces occuring in your /copypasting or are they indeed in the bootloader textfile? could be the prob - just a thought WINDOWS="Micro soft WINNT="Microso ft |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 605235 | 2007-10-26 23:00:00 | Your boot.ini file is wrong, you need to modify it to suit your situation simply coping the one provided wont work. The one provided was setup for 2 OS's that are on the same hard drive but different partitions ;) multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2) See where it says disk? Also partition should be changed back to 1. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 605236 | 2007-10-26 23:22:00 | Oh those spaces dont matter - that bit is just a name string You have the os's on different drives that boot.ini is configured to look for different partitions I think, rather than different drives. In the last line for loading 2000 change the rdisk(0) to rdisk(1) and the partition(2) to partition(1) *EDIT* Sorry Pete - didn't realize you'd posted allready :) - was away from the comp for a bit and came back and posted mine without checking |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 605237 | 2007-10-26 23:28:00 | yes, you're trying to boot a 2nd non-existant partition on your first drive, you need to tell it to boot the 1st partition on the 2nd drive | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 605238 | 2007-10-26 23:31:00 | just to add a warning here: when using both these operating systems, do NOT use hibernation. if you do, you MUST un-hibernate and restart before you load the other OS. failure to do so will corrupt drives. I know about this from bad experiences... To clarify, do not load one OS when the other OS is hibernated |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 605239 | 2007-10-27 01:30:00 | You little ripper it works perfectly now :D I changed the rdisk(0) to rdisk(1) & partition(2) back to partition(1), it now boots into either choice no problems at all. THANKS VERY MUCH, IMMENSELY APPRECIATED. Rony |
Ron40 (10475) | ||
| 605240 | 2007-10-27 01:52:00 | You little ripper it works perfectly now :D I changed the rdisk(0) to rdisk(1) & partition(2) back to partition(1), it now boots into either choice no problems at all. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, IMMENSELY APPRECIATED. Rony:thumbs: |
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