Guest Jr .net Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com
Guest Hank Arnold (MVP) Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Re: Dual boot problem Jr .net wrote: > Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. > > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > http://www.eggheadcafe.com You did it backwards. The older OS has to be installed first and then the newer one. I'm not sure that you can dual boot between a desktop OS and a server OS. Look for instructions on how to add XP to a Vista setup. Perhaps a similar strategy will work for Server 2003.... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services
Guest Extern Bureaublad Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 RE: Dual boot problem Hi, Normally u guess you have a boot.ini located in the root of your c:\ In there you find the information about a multiboot. In case of one OS (in the example xp) [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Vista" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2003" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect So i guess in your case it's must be something like [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect "Jr .net" wrote: > Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. > > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > http://www.eggheadcafe.com >
Guest Extern Bureaublad Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Re: Dual boot problem You can also use a bootloader like freedos, there can you make a bootscreen where can make you choise witch os you want. You also have several commercial bootloaders "Hank Arnold (MVP)" wrote: > Jr .net wrote: > > Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. > > > > > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > > http://www.eggheadcafe.com > > You did it backwards. The older OS has to be installed first and then > the newer one. > > I'm not sure that you can dual boot between a desktop OS and a server OS. > > Look for instructions on how to add XP to a Vista setup. Perhaps a > similar strategy will work for Server 2003.... > > -- > > Regards, > Hank Arnold > Microsoft MVP > Windows Server - Directory Services >
Guest John John Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Re: Dual boot problem Vista doesn't boot with ntldr and boot.ini, it doesn't use these files at all, it boots in a different manner. John Extern Bureaublad wrote: > Hi, > > Normally u guess you have a boot.ini located in the root of your c:\ > In there you find the information about a multiboot. > In case of one OS (in the example xp) > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Vista" > /noexecute=optin /fastdetect > multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2003" > /noexecute=optin /fastdetect > > So i guess in your case it's must be something like > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP > Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect > > > "Jr .net" wrote: > > >>Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. >> >> >>EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice >>http://www.eggheadcafe.com >>
Guest John John Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 Re: Dual boot problem You have to add the Server 2003 boot option to the Vista BCD store. The boot.ini file is still required to boot server 2003 but it cannot be used to boot Vista. Entries can be added or removed from the Vista boot loader with BCDEdit. Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa905126.aspx The easiest way to add or remove multiboot options with Vista is with VistaBootPRO: http://www.vistabootpro.org/ John Jr .net wrote: > Loaded vista on c:\. Later I installed windows 2003 server on D:\. but when I restart the system only vista o/s is loading. Any clues. > > > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
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