dual-booting Windows with Linux on separate drives?

[ocicat]

Searching reveals that boot.ini can be configured to boot different versions
of Windows on separate drives:

[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="Windows XP" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1) \WINDOWS="Windows 2000" /fastdetect

Is it possible to have Windows XP on one drive & Linux on another? I
understand the need for copying the Partition Boot Record of whatever other
OS I multiboot (I've done this with XP & the *BSD's on a single drive...),
but so far I have unsuccessfully been able to accomplish multibooting on
multiple drives. Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[Maincat]

"ocicat" <ocicat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AA3CA1D3-795A-48C6-9F1C-3745BC8C70FD@microsoft.com...
> Searching reveals that boot.ini can be configured to boot different
> versions
> of Windows on separate drives:
>
> [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="Windows XP" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1) \WINDOWS="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
>
> Is it possible to have Windows XP on one drive & Linux on another?

In a word, yes.
When I did it, the Grub loader just picked up the XP installation, giving me
a choice of OS at boot up.

 

[ocicat]

> > Is it possible to have Windows XP on one drive & Linux on another?
>
> In a word, yes.
> When I did it, the Grub loader just picked up the XP installation, giving me
> a choice of OS at boot up.

Thank you, but is this possible with Windows' boot manager?

 

[Maincat]

"ocicat" <ocicat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F03D061-758A-4224-9E77-171839EC498C@microsoft.com...
>> > Is it possible to have Windows XP on one drive & Linux on another?
>>
>> In a word, yes.
>> When I did it, the Grub loader just picked up the XP installation, giving
>> me
>> a choice of OS at boot up.
>
> Thank you, but is this possible with Windows' boot manager?

Honestly I don't know. I suggest that you look at this article at
http://highlandsun.com/hyc/linuxboot.html and see if it fits your
requirements.

 

[ocicat]

> I suggest that you look at this article at
> http://highlandsun.com/hyc/linuxboot.html and see if it fits your
> requirements.

Thanks, but it does not. That page makes the assumption that all
multibooted OS'es reside on the same disk. What I am looking for is
separating the OS'es to individual drives. Multiple disks will require
multiple "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(x)partition(1)" statements in boot.ini, but I
am unable to get the syntax correct. All examples I find of this on the Web
deal with booting different versions of Windows on all drives. I'm hoping
that Windows' boot manager is capable of handling different OS'es too.

Any insight on how to multiboot using Windows' boot manager with multiple
drives would be appreciated.

 

[Frank\(FL\)]

ocicat wrote:
> Searching reveals that boot.ini can be configured to boot different
> versions of Windows on separate drives:
>
> [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="Windows XP" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1) \WINDOWS="Windows 2000"
> /fastdetect
>
> Is it possible to have Windows XP on one drive & Linux on another? I
> understand the need for copying the Partition Boot Record of whatever
> other OS I multiboot (I've done this with XP & the *BSD's on a single
> drive...), but so far I have unsuccessfully been able to accomplish
> multibooting on multiple drives. Any insight would be appreciated.

I have found that when duel booting with Linux I do not alter the MBR.
I write the boot information when installing Linux to /dev/fd0 thereby
using a floppy to boot to linux. No floppy it will just boot to
Windows.

 

[John John]

ocicat wrote:

>>I suggest that you look at this article at
>>http://highlandsun.com/hyc/linuxboot.html and see if it fits your
>>requirements.
>
>
> Thanks, but it does not. That page makes the assumption that all
> multibooted OS'es reside on the same disk. What I am looking for is
> separating the OS'es to individual drives. Multiple disks will require
> multiple "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(x)partition(1)" statements in boot.ini, but I
> am unable to get the syntax correct. All examples I find of this on the Web
> deal with booting different versions of Windows on all drives. I'm hoping
> that Windows' boot manager is capable of handling different OS'es too.
>
> Any insight on how to multiboot using Windows' boot manager with multiple
> drives would be appreciated.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&y=0&p=boot+linux+with+ntldr

John