Guest theusualfate Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I was wondering if anyone knew of any software that would allow when I start my pc to either select to boot into Linux , Windows ME , Or XP , since they have there own seperate partition. Any software that is free would be a big help thanks again :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Don't know about free, but, System Commander or System Commander Personal Edition (comes with Partition Commander) works well. In your case it would have to be installed in WinME, which must be the first primary partition on the first HDD. Then you hide the WinME boot partition, and make the XP boot partiton (primary) Active. Install XP, then use the Utility Disk One to re-install SC/SCPE. Now you can install Linux. However, you do need to have the XP boot partition BEFORE the Logical partition. Otherwise, it will see anything other than the partition you want it in, as C:. By hiding the WinME boot partition, XP sees it as a NON-DOS partition during install. Very Important, unless you want XP to take over the WinME installation. Same is true with any 2 versions of Windows. In my case, they are Win98SE and Win2000 Pro. Also, do not use EZBios, cause Linux will throw a hissy fit. You also need to set your hdd(s) geometry to LBA in BIOS for Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I can certainly understand no wanting to use lilo, but why not grub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLA21 Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I was wondering if anyone knew of any software that would allow when I start my pc to either select to boot into Linux , Windows ME , Or XP , since they have there own seperate partition. Any software that is free would be a big help thanks again :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, it is called GAG, freeware and i use it on my PC at work. http://gag.sourceforge.net/ :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 lilo and grub are both free and come on the Mandrake cd's. They will both work, and I have done this myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 you might also look here -----> http://www.linux.org/perl-bin/search_db?q=boot&qid=2&spp=100 just a few boot loaders..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 use lilo or grub. dont waste your time messing with other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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