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Right click on my computer, select Advanced, then click the Startup and Recovery options. There's a checkbox that says "Display list of operating systems for x seconds" And a drop down box with operating systems in it. If you only have one OS installed, it's pretty pointless to show the menu. -- Michelle Weber umweber@mcs.drexel.edu On 2000年7月10日, Daniel Ottey wrote: > Sorry, what I meant to say was that Windows200 Professional (atleast on my > system) doesn't come up with a boot loader menu which lets me select an OS > to go to (which I know was standard in both NT 4.0 server and Workstation). > If there were possibly a way for me to get the menu to appear, then maybe I > could point it to the win9x/ME boot on my second hard drive.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net > [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Michael W. Ryan > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 4:18 PM > To: plug > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Lilo / 1024 sector problem (dual boot) > > > On 2000年7月10日, Daniel W. Ottey wrote: > > > I currently have two hard drives in my computer. The first is formatted > > NTFS and contains Windows2000 Professional (no boat loader is being used > > from what I can tell). > > Yes, there is a boot loader in use; the Windows boot loader. The Win2k > boot loader works in the same manner as NT4's. This means that the Win2k > boot loader needs to be the boot loader in charge. > > > The second hard drive is formatted Fat32 and > > contains no OS. I would like to possibly install linux on a part of the > > second hard drive, and would also like to test out a beta copy of > > WindowsME (treat it like Windows98 as far as this discussion is > > concerned). > > This may be a false assumption; I don't know, I haven't even looked at > WinME. There is a HOWTO (or a mini one) on both setting up a WinNT/Linux > dual boot and setting up a WinNT/Win9x/Linux multi-boot (I think). Treat > Win2k as WinNT. I don't know if you should treat WinME as WinNT or Win9x. > > I would strongly recommend that you take a little time to understand the > WinNT boot process. Most any book covering WinNT server or workstation > administration should cover it. > > Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000 > mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation > http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/ > > No, I don't hear voices in my head; > I'm the one that tells the voices in your head what to say. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://plug.nothinbut.net > Announcements - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug > > ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug