On 2/8/07, Todd Patton <sail@acpdata.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 13:53 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > On 2/8/07, Robert Waldo <rjw6844@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > VMware server is free and if you find the right link in the website (find
> > > the "Register for your free serial number(s)") and get the serial number for
> > > free. Look here:
> > > http://www.vmware.com/download/server/open_source.html
> >
> > I guess I should have RTFM... Thx guys... Now I got the serial number in there
> > and went off to start the thing and it starts GRUB, so I guess I have
> > to start it
> > up without starting at the grub level, now I am on some pretty interesting ice
> > I guess. It looks like the VM is pointed at GRUB, guess I have to figure out
> > how to point it at the loader for XP.
> >
> Yep, mine points to grub also, where as I choose Windows XP from the
> grub menu.
>
> Grub entry for my windoze XP
>
> title Windoze XP
> chainloader (hd0,0)+1
>
>
> Be forewarned again from my earlier post. Do not allow GRUB to attempt
> to boot the Linux installation that you are already currently running.
>
>
See my previous post to Eban, is there a way to boot windoz without calling
grup first? I guess I will have to kill the timeout so it will not automagicly
start Linux if I get distracted, but would rather it start XP directly...
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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