Wanted: HOWTO multiboot WinXP and SBS2003

29 Aug 2005 3:04 AM

ben h

For evaluation purpose i want to install SBS2003 onto my WinXP machine
so that I can choose one at boot time.

I have partitioned my HDD into:
20MB (winXP)
20MB (empty, reserved for SBS2003)
100+ (remainder for data etc)

When I created the second partition (empty 20MB) using the WinXP install
CD tools it also seems to have created a small (8MB?) partition somewhere.

How can I install SBS now? I have read a few articles on MS that relate
to desktop OSes but not to server versions.

Would anyone recommend a third-party boot manager?

Ben

29 Aug 2005 8:10 AM

Pegasus (MVP)

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"ben h" <hairyguard-newsgro***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> For evaluation purpose i want to install SBS2003 onto my WinXP machine
> so that I can choose one at boot time.
>
> I have partitioned my HDD into:
> 20MB (winXP)
> 20MB (empty, reserved for SBS2003)
> 100+ (remainder for data etc)
>
> When I created the second partition (empty 20MB) using the WinXP install
> CD tools it also seems to have created a small (8MB?) partition somewhere.
>
> How can I install SBS now? I have read a few articles on MS that relate
> to desktop OSes but not to server versions.
>
> Would anyone recommend a third-party boot manager?
>
> Ben

You may want to review your partitioning scheme. 20 MBytes
is good enough for DOS but manifestly inadequate for Windows.
I recommend 10 to 15 GBytes for each.

I warmly recommend XOSL as a boot manager. I will deal
with just about any OS, and it keeps each of them completely
separate. You can delete one, or the other, without effect on
the remaining OSs. Furthermore, when you no longer need XOSL,
you can drop back to either of your OSs by just marking its
partition active. And it's free!

I suggest you create a dedicated 10 MByte (not GByte!)
partition for XOSL at the far end of your disk. It can be a
primary or a logical drive. Format it as FAT, then install
XOSL in it. Be careful during the installation to select this
partition, not some existing partition. This is why you must
label all your partitions.

29 Aug 2005 9:01 AM

Guus Ellenkamp

Same as the other message: create 10Gb partition for both OS. I'm running
dual boot with standard install. The installation order matters. If either
system doesn't work anymore, use the repair option until both work.

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"ben h" <hairyguard-newsgro***@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> For evaluation purpose i want to install SBS2003 onto my WinXP machine so
> that I can choose one at boot time.
>
> I have partitioned my HDD into:
> 20MB (winXP)
> 20MB (empty, reserved for SBS2003)
> 100+ (remainder for data etc)
>
> When I created the second partition (empty 20MB) using the WinXP install
> CD tools it also seems to have created a small (8MB?) partition somewhere.
>
> How can I install SBS now? I have read a few articles on MS that relate to
> desktop OSes but not to server versions.
>
> Would anyone recommend a third-party boot manager?
>
> Ben

1 Sep 2005 4:12 AM

ben h

Guus Ellenkamp wrote:

> Same as the other message: create 10Gb partition for both OS.

Oops, sorry for the typo! It was two partitions of 20GB each :)

So for the ordinary install as you put it, I have already got WinXP
loaded. Now I can just whack the SBS disc in and let it rip? I tried
this already and lost the WinXP partition, but you say to expect that?

How do i go about the repair option?

Cheers for advice....
Ben