installation problems for multiple windows OS and Linux on same machine

[Matt]

My goal is to have Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux 9 on the same
machine. Initially, I already have Windows 2000 and Windows XP installed,
and every time the machine boots, it launch OS choices menu and everything
was fine. However, after I installed Linux 9, OS choices menu has
changed and it only shows Linux and DOS in the menu, I think that is the
OS choices menu from Linux. When I click DOS, it will launch Windows 2000,
and I couldn't select Windows XP anymore. Windows XP is still in the
computer,
but it just doesn't show in OS choices menu anymore. 3 different OS
are located in 3 separated partitions. It should be 1 OS per partition?
Both Windows 2000 and Linux 9 are installed as primary partition, and
Windows XP is installed as
logical partition. Does physical or logical partition matters on the
OS booting selection?


Any ideas? Any workarounds to this problem?

Please advise. Thanks!!

 

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

My goal is to have Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux 9 on the same
machine. Initially, I already have Windows 2000 and Windows XP installed,
and every time the machine boots, it launch OS choices menu and everything
was fine. However, after I installed Linux 9, OS choices menu has
changed and it only shows Linux and DOS in the menu, I think that is the
OS choices menu from Linux. When I click DOS, it will launch Windows 2000,
and I couldn't select Windows XP anymore. Windows XP is still in the
computer,
but it just doesn't show in OS choices menu anymore. 3 different OS
are located in 3 separated partitions. It should be 1 OS per partition?
Both Windows 2000 and Linux 9 are installed as primary partition, and
Windows XP is installed as
logical partition. Does physical or logical partition matters on the
OS booting selection?


Any ideas? Any workarounds to this problem?

Please advise. Thanks!!

- Are you using the Lilo boot loader?
- What types of Windows partitions do you have - FAT32 or NTFS?
- Do you have access to a partition manager, e.g. PQMagic?

 

[Matt]

- Are you using the Lilo boot loader?
- What types of Windows partitions do you have - FAT32 or NTFS?
- Do you have access to a partition manager, e.g. PQMagic?

I am using Partition magic to do the parition, and then install OS.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am using Partition magic to do the parition, and then install OS.

That's one answer to my three questions.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My goal is to have Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Linux 9 on the same
machine. Initially, I already have Windows 2000 and Windows XP installed,
and every time the machine boots, it launch OS choices menu and everything
was fine. However, after I installed Linux 9, OS choices menu has
changed and it only shows Linux and DOS in the menu, I think that is the
OS choices menu from Linux. When I click DOS, it will launch Windows 2000,
and I couldn't select Windows XP anymore. Windows XP is still in the
computer,

If you installed Linux last, and put its lilo or grub in the disk's
master boot record, you should be able to configure that so it has one
entry for the linux partition, and one pointing to the Win2000 one -
where it would pick up the usual Windows dual boot for the two versions
of that.

Or you could switch to using a third party boot manager, with the lilo
in the root of the Linux file system instead