Re: Installation with WinXP

Hi

I saw this topic a while ago, and something that I use for dual booting XP
and Linux which might help you

http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

Just sys the partition and then use boot part

probably as

bootpart.exe 2 dosloader.bin FreeDOS

and it should work

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Johnson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 3:49 AM
Subject: RE: [fd-dev] Installation with WinXP


> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for the long delay on the reply. I've been away on business. First
> of all, thanks to everyone for their help. Especially Bern B. Blaauw.
>
> I finally managed to get my system to dual boot. Albeit without using
> winXP's boot.ini. Here's what I did for anyone who would like to know:
>
> 1. My configuration has two hds. My main boot partition with windows XP
> is an NTFS partition. (Drive C: to win.) The second is a FAT partition.
> (D: to winXP)
>
> 2. I installed freeDOS on drive D: normally and SYSed the drive. freeDOS
> views this hd as C:
>
> 3. After getting frustrated with winXP's boot.ini I tried OS Loader 2000
> to dual boot and it works great. no boot floppy or anything.
>
> You can find OS Loader 2000 here:
> http://www.osloader.com/
>
> J.
>
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