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Dual Boot Dos 7.1
Name: AMFM Date: March 24, 2005 at 04:23:53 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD Ath. 2500+
Comment:
Hello, I am having a problem with DOS 7.1. I have Windows XP installed on disk0part0 in NTFS, which is primary. I created a second primary partition in FAT and installed DOS 7.1 on it, everything installed fine, I can see the files there in Windows. So what Im wondering is how do I make DOS 7.1 a choice on the boot menue. I already have Fedora Core 1 and Ubuntu Linux installed and booting properly from the OS choices screen, Im just having a big prob figuring how how to get DOS up there also. Thanx for any help!!
Also some versions of MS DOS and compatible will not boot from anything other than the C: partition without a 3rd party boot manager:
http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm
DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER
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Response Number 3
Name: TopFarmer Date: March 25, 2005 at 15:16:30 Pacific
Reply:
What boot loader are you useing, I take it is not XP's. XP's I don't think will handle more then 1 non NT OS. If its GRUB best bet is try the linux forum.
some useful reading ? http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
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