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How to use vxworks bootloader to load monta vista linux kernel ...
When you have the legacy entry set up via VBP using your default boot process, which you said was Vista, you can set the legacy drive letter to C or you can copy the three files to the Vista drive then change the boot.ini if necessary. If you gave the information you have in Disk Management from Vista it would be

Is EFI development visible in Vista?
So, I've seen the instructions for getting rid of Vista folders from XP by taking ownership, but how do I get rid of Vista's boot loader? Or, at least, how do I change the dual-boot timeout to zero seconds so that I don't have to wait for my XP to boot, now that I can't get into Vista to change it?

Cannot boot Vista X64 with debug enabled
Vista will still be in place as well as its boot files. You now have two options. 1. Leave it as it is. 2. Clean up by deleting the Vista installation and the boot files. -OR- Alternately, you can install EasyBCD or Vista BootPro on the XP64 system and use it to change to the XP64 boot loader.

Longhorn/Vista Eliminates Another Feature (More Vapourware ...
On rebooting the system I was getting the grub loader. If I selected Windows in that, I was getting the Vista boot loader from which I could select XP or I opened Management Console, went to Disk Management, and tried to change the drive letters. But, of course, it would not let me because I was working FROM

Change Boot setting for Vista
Grub will easily let you boot to a Win installation on another physical drive. The Win booters also have the capability to boot other operating systems (see boot.ini pre-Vista). Your only possible option is to see if your BIOS will let you choose which disk drive to boot from. Unfortunately, changing this regularly

How to move boot loader files?
With both in there, other than changing BIOS , any way to specify which drive to boot ?? I would THINK that they'd be a variable to set path of IDE channel 0 or 1 and/or SATA channel 0 or 1 ? I'd like to leave them both in for now to use old XP partitions for Vista x32 and x64 installs, but don't want to have to

Update KB929777
If you will have any problem with booting XP then copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, Boot.ini files onto Vista partition and select this partition in EasyBCD as XP boot partition. It will work, I tested it. -- M. [Windows - Shell/User MVP] /before private reply change px with pl in my e-mail address/

How to use vxworks bootloader to load monta vista linux kernel ...
You need NVRAM to load prior to hard drive boot loader, this calls the EFI shell or the points to the drive that contains the efi boot loader. <I am no expert on this matter, and I feel lousy for correcting you, and then <so much change happens in a short time that you might well be right after <all.

How to use vxworks bootloader to load monta vista linux kernel ...
Much fiddling it finally dawned on me to check the BIOS boot settings. Sure enough, the boot drive was changed and picked up the Vista drive (which will be the first drive on IDE 0 port it see's) and that's wrong for the dual-boot config. Change it so only two drives show on the Disc drives screen and disable all

Is EFI development visible in Vista?
While it is possible that a user might change this, since it is typically dependant on the MMU mappings, it is not commonly done. I do this every day on XScale and MIPS systems (the latter booting without any boot loader!). True. However, having a bootloader does allow flexibility if desired.

Problem in Windows multiboot
Had it said partition(2) that would most likely mean my partition is on the D drive. This error is spawned by the Vista boot loader. "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem: 1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer. 2.

How to use vxworks bootloader to load monta vista linux kernel ...
So vista boots from primary disk and I run VistaBootPRO 3.3 and change the boot drive for XP from C: to G: as xp drive now appears as G: in vista list of drives. I have not used the VistaBootPRO 3.3 to do the drastic step of installing vista boot loader on xp drive just in case it corrupts xp or makes xp

How to use vxworks bootloader to load monta vista linux kernel ...
... settings include backing up and exporting your boot loader configuration, making advanced "functional" changes like adding an operating system to the boot menu. The problem is that if i format HD1 i will lose my boot info and VISTA won't start anymore. Is there a way to "move" the boot info from HD1 to HD2?

Cannot call C function in "Simple" boot loader
Vista doeos not use XP's boot.ini(which you used in the past) and installs its own boot loader for both o/s. ... "Paul Hadfield" <non...@noone.com> wrote in message I've downloaded VistaBootPro briefly last night, changing the boot options, I managed to get XP to start booting, but then got stuck in a loop with

Windows Vista Will Wipe Linux Partitions
I have removed XP and now I have this situtation: boot manager is on C and boot loader on E. Mac "John Barnes" wrote: You don't say directly as asked, but it appears you have two This will write the Vista boot records on your C drive and it will show up as the 'system' drive after the change "Mac (Croatia)"

XP drive letter changed after vista install
and restarts **AFTER POST NEW SCREEN SHOWS BLINKING CURSOR INDEFINATELY** -Boot of Vista CD and hit recover **VISTA IDENTIFIES THE INSTALL WITH NO PROBLEMS TO REPAIR** -later when testing for the cause THE BOOT LOADER AROSE, CHOSE AND INSTALL AND LOOPED ON THE GREEN BAR INDEFINATELY once ever -it has not yet since

How Do I Change Boot Manager Partition From D: to C:
(I have tried to change the drive letter of the secondary SATA drive to D: and re-run "fixboot" and "fixmbr" from the WinXP recovery console, How do I configure the Vista bootloader to be able to detect and boot from my old XP installation on drive F:? Below is output of bcdedit /enum --cut-- Windows Boot

Dual boot problems
This is the cause of my first problem--I still have the Vista bootloader chainloading into the XP bootloader (or the now useless Vista kernel). With it came the GRUB multi-boot bootloader, which successfully recognized Vista's bootloader (note: not XP's), as well as my recovery partition factory installed.

from dual boot to single boot
COM and Boot.ini), then it will write Vista's boot loader file (bootmgr, a filename with no extension) and \Boot folder (holding the BCD - Boot Configuration Many users prefer to use this method of dual-booting, but it means that they have to change their BIOS settings to boot into the other operating system.

from dual boot to single boot
... Warning: Boot.ini is used on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. ;Warning: Use BCDEDIT.exe to modify Windows Vista boot options. ; [boot loader] timeout=30 You'll need to boot into Vista to make the change. Go to Start -> Help and Support and enter change default operating system in the Search box.