jmc <noaddress.RemoveThis@noaddress.com> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>> jmc <noaddress.RemoveThis@noaddress.com> wrote
> SNIP
> Ok, I have 2 HD, 6 boot partitions. 3 on each.
> 5 boot Win98se no problem.
> But trying to boot XP off the first partition on the second
> HD (using BootMagic) just reboots the computer. Boot
> magic is on first HD. (again... win98se No Problem)
OK, some stuffup with boot magic presumably.
Cant say I use it that way myself, but it should be able to do it.
> If I change the second HD (HD1) in the bios as the first boot
> drive then XP will boot no problem.(no bootmagic menu tho.)
That might well be the problem. In the sense that the XP boot.ini
has been setup for that particular config and when BM attempts
to boot it with the first HD being booted by the bios, XP gets royally
confused because its boot.ini isnt setup for that physical config.
There's physical drive and partition numbers in that XP boot.ini
> My older bootmagic would boot XP with no problem
> but it HAD to be on the first boot drive. Was hoping
> the new bootmagic upgrade would fix that.
You should be able to manually edit the XP boot.ini to fix
it. Are you capable of doing that at that level ? There is
reasonable documentation on the format of the XP boot.ini
file in the MSKB if you search on <boot.ini XP> but its not
likely to mean much to a complete novice.
> So... what I am trying to do is have several(6-7) boot
> partitions on 2 physical hard drives to experiment with.
Fine.
> I may have my virus and burner software
> one one partition, my games on another.
> Trying to keep thing clean. I image the partitions,
> experiment with audio and video drivers, demos
> etc. and restore the image when I am finished.
I do the same thing myself on the test system.
I dont actually multiboot that machine tho, I
basically just run the OS I want to play with
into the first partition on the first physical
drive and boot off that. Thats obviously not
as quick as multibooting but more viable for me
because I have quite a few different configs,
all the older Win9x and multiple copys of those
too, some with Office included and not etc.
> Don't want to HAVE to move XP to my main HD.
> I'm just playing with it to see if it is worth moving to.
Fine.
> In the software that is "important to me"
> it is SLOWER by 17 percent.
Which software is that ? Games ?
One of the kids has just gone back to Win98SE
because he was getting too many hangs in XP.
He does tend to thrash around a bit tho, and he
doesnt appear to have carefully checked if the
problem is just with a stable video driver in XP.
> I installed XP Pro over a basic win98se
> install. FAT16 for max compatitbility.
> So I just want BootMagic to boot the partition
> of my choice off my 2 HDs.(XP or win98se)
It should be quite feasible to manually edit the
current XP boot.ini to get the result you want.
See if you can understand the documentation
on the MSKB site, and if you cant, say so
and I will spell it out in more detail.
> Hope that covers it, Heh... probably not 
Nar, thats fine, understand exactly what you want to do now.
> Thanks very much for your thoughts!
No problem, thats what these groups are for.
> > Much too cryptic. Try again.
> >
> > Its certainly possible, and the XP install will set it
> > up like that if you install it correctly in the first place.
> >
> > Do you want to be able to boot more than just XP ?
> >
> >
> >>Upgraded to new bootmagic, still no luck 
> >
> >
> > Its possible to edit the XP boot.ini to do what you want.
> > You dont state clearly what you actually want to do tho.
> >
> >
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