[ltp] something for the experts

[Buchan Milne]

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Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:
>>You can't have separate Windows boot systems installed for XP and 2K.
 You
>>must use the XP variety.  If you allow 2K to wipe out the XP files, you
>>will not be able to start XP.  Both 2K and XP will be accessed through
the
>>XP boot menu, regardless of whether you get to it from lilo or grub, or
>>directly from bootstrap.
>
>
> But I'm pretty sure that I did this once. Not sure if it was 2k and Xp
> or 2k an NT4, but unless I has a really good dream I know it worked.

I normally achieve this by setting the "active" partition to the
partition I am installing Windows on, so then the Windows installation
installs the bootloader there (using this method I have 3 independant
installations of Windows 200{0,3}). But, IIRC, only primary partitions
can be marked active, so this method will probably not work for you (I
am assuming the primary NTFS currently has the Windows with the working
bootloader?).

You may be able to "fixmbr" with options (or something similar) to
install a bootloader onto the boot sector of the partition (but I
haven't tried this before).

Regards,
Buchan

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