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Offline SOB

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Dual Boot Help - Bloom, anyone?
« on: September 04, 2001, 04:20:00 AM »
I need/want to dual boot Win2k Professional workstation and NetWare 5.1 server on the same computer.  I'm only using the server to study for a cert, so it'd be nice to use the computer as a second gamer when I'm not studying.

Anyone know for sure how this can work before I start tinkering?

Thanks!


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Offline bloom25

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Dual Boot Help - Bloom, anyone?
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2001, 09:56:00 AM »
Use some type of boot manager program.  They are pretty cheap usually.  One program I can think of is OS Commander.

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Dual Boot Help - Bloom, anyone?
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2001, 04:32:00 PM »
The boot manager in Partition Magic is very good.

One tip for you: put each OS on a seperate physical disk. That way, screwups have less chance of screwing you.

Offline SOB

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« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2001, 05:01:00 PM »
Well, I just happen to have an extra SCSI drive lying around.  I guess I'll use it!   :)

Thanks guys...I'll grab a copy of partition magic then.


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Offline Dmitry

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Dual Boot Help - Bloom, anyone?
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2001, 05:28:00 PM »
SOB check PM