XP/W2k dual boot question

Scitex

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Oct 9, 1999
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Just installed XP on it's own drive (master, onboard IDE2) and already had Win2k on another (master, IDE1 on Promise Ultra66 card). Now I don't have 2k as an option at bootup, it doesn't even give me a choice....goes straight into XP. What do I need to do to be able to choose? Edit boot.ini? Here's the boot.ini file:
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[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows Whistler Personal" /fastdetect
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What EXACTLY should I add to it to make 2k an option? I know I need to change the timeout.

Thanks in advance everyone

Scitex

 

jbworrill

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AFAIK you will need to add this in the [operating systems] section of the boot.ini

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(x)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

where x is whatever partition you have 2K on. This is assuming you have 2K Professional

And yeah, change the timeout :)

Joshua.
 

Scitex

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What do the numbers after "multi", "disk" and "rdisk" mean? I've got 2k on a seperate drive from XP. Do I need to give it a different drive # for 2k? Thanks for the replies jbworrill and pimp.