RAID 0 and Multi-boot.

[przero]

I have 2 - 30 Gb. HD's on a RAID 0 array, running Win98SE. I have a 45Gb. HD partitioned to run other OS'es. How will I be able to boot to those OS'es without going into the BIOS and resetting the boot device sequence each time? Help, please. I have an SA6R motherboard.

 

[Muadib]

You need a boot manager. You did make a small partition on your c: drive for it, right???

 

[przero]

Negative. RAID 0 array setup and running prior to this addition. Now what?
Thanks.

 

[velvetfreak]

Hmm. While I'm online... so which other OSes are you considering?

 

[przero]

Win 2k ,WinMe, Win 95 and Linux.

 

[velvetfreak]

Well, you could start with the MS OSes and use Win2k's Boot.ini along with a quick read-up of MS Q157992 (support.microsoft.com), as for the Linux I think the fifo: prompt at bootstrap phase should handle the rest... I haven't done it myself

Anyone?

 

[MrCraphead]

there should be some commands that you can put into one of your startup msdos files that will pop up a menu which OS you want to boot up on everytime you reboot.....damn, I wish I knew. sorry.

 

[przero]

Eureka! System Commander 2000 - works like a champ. Boot RAID 0 or 4 other OS'es without going in BIOS. Thanks for the tips, folks. I appreciate it.
Out,
P.