Switching OS

[Illini]

Does anyone out there known of any software that can switching which partition/harddisk to boot form?

I want to configrate 3 booting OS in my computer(98SE, 2000 and maybe one with another language) Probably on 2 partitions and 2 seperate hard disks
i.e. 2 partitions in 1 harddisk and another one on a seperate hard disk?

Is that doable or I have to boot from a single harddisk and just different partitions?

[mjc]

Yeah...Win2k can set up a dual boot or more.

Also there are several third-party apps that do it...one I use is XOSL (http://www.xosl.org).

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[iisbob]

you can use Ranish to hide/unhide a primary partition; this is how i dual boot a 98/ME system.

i have also used Ranish to quad boot a DOS/95/98/ME system. you just boot off of the floppy with Ranish on it-run it and choose which partition you want to be un-hidden ( active ), all the rest of the partitons will be invisible to the currently booted OS.



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[Illini]

I have just downloaded XOSL and gonna give a trial tonite

Thanks

[Illini]

I have read through the manual and it seems to be quite dangerous to put the software in place. Is that really necessary to put it on its own partition? can it be done on a logical partition?

[mjc]

The easiest and safeest is to start with it on a fresh drive, or clean install. then put it on it own (small partition), then use the bundled Ranish Partition Manager to make the other partitions you want, then install your operating systems...that way everything is kept separate and XOSL will truly manage all the boot functions.

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Celts are the men that heaven made mad, For all their battles are merry and their songs are all sad.