Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

[Guest b11_]

Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something about cross

booting?

 

I experienced cross booting not once but on 2 different occasions.

 

I was not using a boot manager!

[Guest Stanislaw Flatto]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something..

 

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something..

 

b11_ wrote:

> Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something about cross

> booting?

>

> I experienced cross booting not once but on 2 different occasions.

>

> I was not using a boot manager!

Can you induce this condition intentionally?

How? Explain.

 

Stanislaw

Slack user from Ulladulla.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

 

What you described, that one OS started the boot and another finished it, is

not possible. Again, how do you know that's what happened?

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A7C364AE-23B0-4372-B034-38A9602C2A92@microsoft.com...

> Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something about

> cross

> booting?

>

> I experienced cross booting not once but on 2 different occasions.

>

> I was not using a boot manager!

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

 

He didn't say that one OS started the boot and another OS finished it. What

he described (eventually) was that the system appeared to start booting from

one drive, but eventually booted an operating system on another drive.

There are probably several ways that could happen.

--

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

news:OIFzra$zHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> What you described, that one OS started the boot and another finished it,

> is not possible. Again, how do you know that's what happened?

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

 

<quote>

"I beieve that when a drive starts booting and then another drive finishes

booting then that is called cross booting"

<unquote>

 

If cross-booting is a term that encompasses any procedure wherein one OS

starts to boot and then passes control to another OS, well in that case

*any* machine is cross-booting to load, since the BIOS is an OS that boots

and then passes control to another OS. Same for any boot manager.

 

Anyway, I don't see how the case described could happen without deliberately

configuring the first instance of Win98 to do so. Even then, I don't see how

Win98 could be cross-booted as it's been defined here. Do you have a

scenario that fits?

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message

news:OocHNVE0HHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> He didn't say that one OS started the boot and another OS finished it.

> What he described (eventually) was that the system appeared to start

> booting from one drive, but eventually booted an operating system on

> another drive. There are probably several ways that could happen.

> --

> Jeff Richards

> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

> "Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

> news:OIFzra$zHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> What you described, that one OS started the boot and another finished it,

>> is not possible. Again, how do you know that's what happened?

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>

>

[Guest Jeff Richards]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

 

That might be a description of cross booting, but I think it's clear that

cross booting was not what happened. The actual description of events was "I

entered BIOS and selected drive 2, which has W98 on an active

partition, to boot. Well 2 started to boot but then I noticed a different

drive, which has W98, booting" In other words, the second drive was set as

the boot drive, some sort of access occurred to that second drive (how much

is not clear) and then the boot continued on the other drive.

 

My comment that there are several ways that this could happen assumes that

"drive 2" means some drive other than the master on the primary IDE

controller, and "other" means the master on the primary controller.

 

The simplest explanation, of course, is that the system couldn't detect a

valid boot sector on "Drive 2" and defaulted to the next listed drive in the

BIOS boot sequence. But I assume OP would be aware of this behaviour. --

Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

news:OqCqkhG0HHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> <quote>

> "I beieve that when a drive starts booting and then another drive finishes

> booting then that is called cross booting"

> <unquote>

>

> If cross-booting is a term that encompasses any procedure wherein one OS

> starts to boot and then passes control to another OS, well in that case

> *any* machine is cross-booting to load, since the BIOS is an OS that boots

> and then passes control to another OS. Same for any boot manager.

>

> Anyway, I don't see how the case described could happen without

> deliberately configuring the first instance of Win98 to do so. Even then,

> I don't see how Win98 could be cross-booted as it's been defined here. Do

> you have a scenario that fits?

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message

> news:OocHNVE0HHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> He didn't say that one OS started the boot and another OS finished it.

>> What he described (eventually) was that the system appeared to start

>> booting from one drive, but eventually booted an operating system on

>> another drive. There are probably several ways that could happen.

>> --

>> Jeff Richards

>> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

>> "Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

>> news:OIFzra$zHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> What you described, that one OS started the boot and another finished

>>> it, is not possible. Again, how do you know that's what happened?

>>>

>>> --

>>> Gary S. Terhune

>>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

Re: Is it possible that I am the only one here that knows something ..

 

Well, you and I are on the same page, anyway, <s>.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message

news:uAE%23DoK0HHA.5884@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> That might be a description of cross booting, but I think it's clear that

> cross booting was not what happened. The actual description of events was

> "I entered BIOS and selected drive 2, which has W98 on an active

> partition, to boot. Well 2 started to boot but then I noticed a different

> drive, which has W98, booting" In other words, the second drive was set

> as the boot drive, some sort of access occurred to that second drive (how

> much is not clear) and then the boot continued on the other drive.

>

> My comment that there are several ways that this could happen assumes that

> "drive 2" means some drive other than the master on the primary IDE

> controller, and "other" means the master on the primary controller.

>

> The simplest explanation, of course, is that the system couldn't detect a

> valid boot sector on "Drive 2" and defaulted to the next listed drive in

> the BIOS boot sequence. But I assume OP would be aware of this

> ehaviour. --

> Jeff Richards

> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

> "Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

> news:OqCqkhG0HHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> <quote>

>> "I beieve that when a drive starts booting and then another drive

>> finishes booting then that is called cross booting"

>> <unquote>

>>

>> If cross-booting is a term that encompasses any procedure wherein one OS

>> starts to boot and then passes control to another OS, well in that case

>> *any* machine is cross-booting to load, since the BIOS is an OS that

>> boots and then passes control to another OS. Same for any boot manager.

>>

>> Anyway, I don't see how the case described could happen without

>> deliberately configuring the first instance of Win98 to do so. Even then,

>> I don't see how Win98 could be cross-booted as it's been defined here. Do

>> you have a scenario that fits?

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "Jeff Richards" <JRichards@msn.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:OocHNVE0HHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> He didn't say that one OS started the boot and another OS finished it.

>>> What he described (eventually) was that the system appeared to start

>>> booting from one drive, but eventually booted an operating system on

>>> another drive. There are probably several ways that could happen.

>>> --

>>> Jeff Richards

>>> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

>>> "Gary S. Terhune" <nobody@nowhere.not> wrote in message

>>> news:OIFzra$zHHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> What you described, that one OS started the boot and another finished

>>>> it, is not possible. Again, how do you know that's what happened?

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Gary S. Terhune

>>>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>>>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>