Re: Dual Boot Hard Drive Switch

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

Why not use standard NT/W2K/XP multi-boot options? Yes, they do 
share a few files on the boot drive but everything else can be on 
separate drives/partitions. I've run multi O/S's like this for years 
with no problems (on occasions 4-5 separate copies of W2K).

Am I missing the point of what you want to do (unless the OS is non-
Microsoft)?

Paul.


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Marooth" <MMarooth@s...>
wrote:
> 
> 
> I have used GRUB to Boot between 3 hard disks.  On one resided
Win200, another
> Win98 and the third Linux.
> 
> A bit of a pig to set up but once done, all you need to do is 
select the OS that
> you want and GRUB does the rest.
> 
> I finally disposed of Windoze (Except SWMBO PC) and just edited 
out the GRUB
> entries I no longer needed.
> 
> So, If one of the OS's is to be linux, this would work (Not too 
sure if GRUB
> would work in an all Windoze environment, probably not me thinks
!)
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> --------+------------------------>
>        
          "Smith, Allan
>        
         
G"           
>        
         
<allan.smith@xxxxxxx
>        
         
ds.com>       
>        
                       
>        
         
09/07/2002    
>        
         
16:13         
>        
          Please respond
>        
          to
ukha_d     
>        
                       
> --------+------------------------>
>  
>----------------------------------------------------------------
------------
>   
                                                                   
        
>         To:    
"'ukha_d@y...'"
<ukha_d@y...>          
>         cc:    
(bcc: Mark 
Marooth/SCOTIA)                                   
>        
Subject:     RE: [ukha_d] Dual Boot Hard Drive 
Switch                
>  
>----------------------------------------------------------------
------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The way I set this up for my Mum when she had lost some software 
install
> disks on her old hard drive was via the BIOS.  Taught her how to
go in and
> flick the BIOS to either NONE or AUTO on the Primary IDE channel 
depending
> on whether she wanted the new system or old system.  Easy and
Cheap if a
> little bit of a pain if doing regularly...teach her to keep track 
of her
> software disks!!
> Cheers
> Allan
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:39:45 +0100
> From: "Ben McCormack" <ben.mccormack@o...>
> Subject: Dual Boot Hard Drive Switch
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a friend that is looking for a hardware dual boot solution.
> 
> He wants to run to OS's totally speratly, so when one is running 
the
> other OS on the 2nd HD is inactive. The obvious way to do this 
would be
> via HD caddies but there is not room in his case. So he is looking
for a
> hardware solution that will allow him to switch between HD's
> 
> Any thoughts
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
> Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
> List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to 
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/



For more information: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
Post message: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
Subscribe:  ukha_d-subscribe@xxxxxxx 
Unsubscribe:  ukha_d-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx 
List owner:  ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.