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A trivial batch file allows this to be done almost as quickly as a native dos FORMAT a: /S or SYS a: So a rather more definitive answer is Yes you can create DOS files from a previous but now redundant dual boot installation<g>) in order to initially seed his boot diskette then the esteemed Mr Sunley's most

Dual Boot
So, I boot my linux partition and change the partition id to 'be' for Solaris boot partition. Re-run the boot installation process for Solaris 10 and still no on top versus at the bottom of someone's post (like what you did, versus my post). -- slrn is a command line news reader. please reply, to the newsgroup (s).

WinXP beta 2 inst problem
I use CD-boot installation without diskette. Previous 7.3 installation worked fine My configuration (all about 3 years old): AMD Athlon 800 ASUS K7V Board line 639 in ? itutil.makedrivedevicenodes() File "/usr/lib/bin/itutil.py" line420,in makedrivedevicenodes isys.makedevinode (drive,"dev%s"%(drive)) File

Need advise
I have BootIt NG installed and thought i had it setup correctly to boot either of the two WinXP installations. However, when i do try to boot from either of the WinXP partitions i always get the black windows boot screen (boot.ini file) and cannot figure out haw to directly boot into either of the WinXP partitions

disklabel baggage.
Kent W. England [MVP] k...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support J need to use your BIOS to select the second disk as the boot device and then also select to boot (one time) from the CD instead. Then put the XP CD in place. Now you have two *independent* instances of XP and you can select the one you

Dual boot installation
If, during installation, I instruct Mandriva to use free space on my Windows partition, will I then be given the choice of how much space I want to allocate for Mandriva? ... Yes, select custom partitioning, and you'll find a tool to resize the XP partition downwards so that you've space for Linux partition(s).

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
OS/2 and NT Workstation also do not require primary partitions, but they have a weird FAT primary parition requirment (hence the need for DOS, since I'll be running FAT32 for W98) Does the Installation Handbook come with the free systems? SCO OpenServer Handbook: "Your computer always boots the operating system in

Dual Boot Installations
Dan DeStefano ddestef...@winmarcompanies.com microsoft public win2000 general once w2k is installed you may not add another os such as dos or 9x. if you want this kind of dual boot configuration you must have these os installed prior to the installation of w2k. the reason for this is that w2k has to be able to

windows installation guides, multiple boot installations
I wanted to install a dual boot with Win95 & WFWG 3.11 so I could try out Win95 without sacrificing my old system setup. Here are the steps you can take to duplicate my dual SYS file is "read-only-hidden" you'll need to first change the file attributes and then use the notebook editor to insert the new line(s).

any virgin 98/XP installations out there?
Justin Weber webers...@msn.com microsoft public win95 setup Try this: I wanted to install a dual boot menu with Win95 & WFWG 3.11 so I could try out Win95 without SYS file is "read-only-hidden" you'll need to first change the file attributes and then use the notebook editor to insert the new line(s).

Vista Dual Boot Installation Procedure
Installation went fine, and I have tried both booting using an IDE kernel from the 'A' disk set, and using the kernel from the boot installation disk. S: mount not found After a while (of course) it says "no more processes for this run-level" I will try to get more information about the boot-up screens,

dual boot 2 xp installations on 1 pc
Ive never done dual boot installation before, so pls. guide me in this. -- Regards It sounds like you are encoutering the problem of installing NT on a large Label the diskette "MS SP4 ATAPI IDE driver". 4. Start the install from the 3 setup diskettes. 5. Press S to skip detection of mass storage devices. 6.

Network installations
After downloading the drivers from Adaptec, execute them and copy them to a floppy and keep it ready before starting the installation. During the boot installation (either diskette boot or cdrom boot) when a message "inspecting the hardware" appears, press F6 and wait. NT setup will ask you to press S to use the

Mal was ganz anderes: Win XP Installations-DISKETTEN auf boot ...
Problem: grub yields errors after calling "setup (hd0)" from grub command line Solution: link -s /boot /boot/boot I've seen another report (#463483) that mentioned grub installation failing. The fact that adding that symlink works is an interesting data point. Would it be possible for you to repeat the installation

KT7A-Raid - problem with floppy controller
Then, edit C:\boot.ini to delete the line(s) pointing to that partition. Don't delete ntldr and ntdetect.com (and bootsect.dos, ntbootdd.sys? drive but in my particular situation I want to reinstall w2k by going through a dual boot installation and then removing the original w2k installation as described below.

LVM and multiple OS/2 installations
In such situations, it may be necessary for the user to boot from the installation or maintenance media: select maintenance, reissue the bootlist command leaving out the failing disk, and then reboot. On some models, firmware provides a utility for selecting the boot device at boot time.

Sony Vaio PCG-C1VM installation problem with SuSe 8.0
This article explains how to restore a standard Win9x boot structure to one that has been converted to an NTLDR-based one (whether successfully or not.) Removing Windows NT from a Windows 95/98 Dual-Boot Installation http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=171444 -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Windows 9x zeretul1 wrote:

Multi boot Xp- 2 language versions
Andrew E eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment Why not open F:,collect youre files in a new folder,move the files to other xp partition,install xp cd,boot to cd,recovery,at cmd screen type:DiskPart In DiskPart delete the unwanted,then create,then type:EXIT Back in cmd, type:FORMAT F:

2 installations of XP on one hdd
If you selected another partition using Boot Manager, then it would hide the unused one(s) and un-hide the selected one. The other is a logical C where I have an OS/2 boot partition. I do know that MCP 1 & 2 installer will not install, if the last booted partition is the primary C, a 80 MiB partition.

OPERATING SYSTEMS F/S
lnx...@comcast.net linux debian maint boot linux debian ports powerpc Hello, I apologize for cross-posting but I have sen I am trying to boot and install debian on my MCP750. I am having issues booting the initrd's that I have found on the debian web-site. I tried the cd installations and have been unsuccessful