AwwJeah Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 i installed the vista beta on a partition and now i have absolutely no idea how to boot back onto the partition with xp on it. gulp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackentangled Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 doesn't vista have any bootloader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-79991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie123 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Install GRUB. If you don't know how to install GRUB, then just install one of the linux distribution and you're set to go Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-80127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwwJeah Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 well i have a problem in that yes, i don't understand how to intall grub. i've checked some tutorials on a few sites, but it's all way over my head. i also don't have the hdd space necessary to install a linux distribution. i've tried other solutions, suck as spfdisk, but vista and vista's bootloader won't have any of it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Just download and install some version of Linux. It will install GRUB for you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 You should see if wingrub will run on vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwwJeah Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 okay, so i decided to just go ahead and install a linux distro. will knoppix be sufficient? also, i tried wingrub and read some of wingrub faq's on here to make sure i was doing it right. doesn't work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dponmac Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 if you had installed Vista with the upgrade option, you can use it and the old XP install as well.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwwJeah Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 okay, i have the knoppix distro downloaded and running from a cd. the problem is, i can't find grub and/or i'm completely incapable of using it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-81995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 you have to install Linux to get the bootloader to work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-82049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 dood screw grub, boot into the knoppix cd/make a partition magic bootable floppy disc. Make XP partiton ACTIVE Boot into XP Install Acronis Boot loader Be happy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-82321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xequence Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 You can use ubuntu install cd to install grub. Just basically stop the install as soon as possible and skip forward to install grub, dont install the accual OS if you dont want to. (Just google for "restore grub with ubuntu cd" or something) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-82336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeph Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Umm cant you just edit the Boot.ini and use the Windows Boot Loader? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12637-errummm/#findComment-82348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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