Aaron Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 on thing, have you ever tried to install windows ME using a kind of emulation program like VMWare or virtual pc? Because these emulate almost any OS you want it to emulate and they work flawlessly..you can see more of what i mean here : http://www.suse.de/en/products/software/vi...creenshots.htmlJust thought i'd ask since it would make it a LOT easier BlackwarHe wants to host a game server, I wouldn't advise doing that in Virtual PC/VMWare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwar Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 on thing, have you ever tried to install windows ME using a kind of emulation program like VMWare or virtual pc? Because these emulate almost any OS you want it to emulate and they work flawlessly..you can see more of what i mean here : http://www.suse.de/en/products/software/vi...creenshots.htmlJust thought i'd ask since it would make it a LOT easier BlackwarHe wants to host a game server, I wouldn't advise doing that in Virtual PC/VMWare.i think i misunderstood theni thought he was just going to host this game server once in a while in his regular-use PC..If he is going to have a seperate PC dedicated just for this game, then yea, what u are doing is right Also , before taking any action , did you try to run the server in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode?Blackwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 i dint think xp will like being the secondary osThere's nothing wrong with that. Many people have done that, and its the standard in dual booting. No side effects in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted June 24, 2002 Author Share Posted June 24, 2002 got done installing both os's they boot fine when i change boot sequence in bios but i wanna select them when booting up in thta menu but it aint working. This is what i made my boot.ini look like:[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)F:\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows ME" /fastdetectand its not working, when selecting ME it says that files arent found... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwar Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 got done installing both os's they boot fine when i change boot sequence in bios but i wanna select them when booting up in thta menu but it aint working. This is what i made my boot.ini look like:[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)F:\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows ME" /fastdetectand its not working, when selecting ME it says that files arent found...im not completely sure of this, but in the first entry , you didn't put a drive letter before \Windows and it works, in the second one you have.. i think if you remove the F:\ it will work because the partition(2) entry should take care of figuring out which drive you are telling it to boot to.. i hope i could explain what i mean.., basically remove the F:\ and try again hope this helps,Blackwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 got done installing both os's they boot fine when i change boot sequence in bios but i wanna select them when booting up in thta menu but it aint working. This is what i made my boot.ini look like:[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)F:\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows ME" /fastdetectand its not working, when selecting ME it says that files arent found...Why did you change the boot sequence in the BIOS? that means it won't read from your boot.iniI also notice that you have disk(1) partition(1) and disk(0)partition (2).That means:Thats some strange setup you have there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted June 24, 2002 Author Share Posted June 24, 2002 I just changed that to check if both os's were running fine and they were after that i changed it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwar Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 I just changed that to check if both os's were running fine and they were after that i changed it back.so is everything working a-ok now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted June 24, 2002 Author Share Posted June 24, 2002 No, i did that to check I installed them corectly.So what would i have to change it to if I'd like my Windows ME as 2nd boot and XP as 1st.Windows XP = on SCSI C:\Windows ME = on SCSI F:\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 err.. Windows ME on C:\then XP on any other partition/drive.XP should and will set up the boot.ini for you. Don't change anything in the bios, just make first boot device the C:\ Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwar Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 in my opinion, the boot.ini file for u should look something similar to this, any little error in the boot.ini will cause the files not to be found, so try to be careful on that..I tried to base this boot config. on the instructions given here[boot loader]timeout=30default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS[operating systems]multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetectmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows ME" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwar Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 also check this out filer : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q217210and http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q306559 Blackwar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 I tried those settings BW, I guess ill have to put ME on C and XP on D if theres no other way to do it with XP on C..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 I do this two or three times a month. Follow this link for step-by-step instructions:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/usi...d/multiboot.aspThe links BW gave you are also good links for technical information:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q217210http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q306559The key to all of is that you really should install ME first and XP Last. Otherwise, you run into boot.ini problems as you are experiencing. Don't worry about the boot.ini as WinXP will build a new one for you.The first link explains it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 I find it funny no one moved this to the right section after having replyed 28 times.....ugggg-XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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