Need help with Win2k/WinMe dual boot on separate disks

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Hi all. I have a PC with two disks:

1) 30 GB Seagate ST330621A, primary master, Win2K Pro, NTFS.
2) 3GB Western Digital WDC AC33200L, secondary master, no OS, FAT32.

I'd like to install WinMe on disk 2 and be able to select at startup
time which OS to boot. Is this possible? I've searched the web for a
tutorial but so far the only ones I found deal with the installation
of multiple OS in different partitions of the same disk, not each OS
on its own disk.

TIA
 
Beowulf said:
Hi all. I have a PC with two disks:

1) 30 GB Seagate ST330621A, primary master, Win2K Pro, NTFS.
2) 3GB Western Digital WDC AC33200L, secondary master, no OS, FAT32.

I'd like to install WinMe on disk 2 and be able to select at startup
time which OS to boot. Is this possible? I've searched the web for a
tutorial but so far the only ones I found deal with the installation
of multiple OS in different partitions of the same disk, not each OS
on its own disk.

TIA
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Since your primary partition is NTFS, you cannot use the Win2000
boot loader to alternate between Win2000 and WinME. You must
use a third party boot loader, e.g. XOSL (free). XOSL lets you
install any operating system on any partition on any disk. Download
it, then practise with it on a disk that can be erased.
 
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