I'm probably not going to try this again until next weekend, but...
We have an old Dell Dimension something out in the garage that's about 10 years old. Slow as hell, and instead of reformatting it since there's a few old memories on it, I'd rather dual-boot it with Linux, which runs faster on old computers. The question is, how?
From what I read somewhere, Windows ME has a fucked up undocumented bootloader making it pretty much impossible to be able to select another OS when dual-booting with something else. UNetBootin (apparently) doesn't add Linux to the list, and Wubi doesn't support ME (I was going to try it if I couldn't get Arch working, which is what I originally wanted).
So, anyone know how to get this shit working? Kthx.
Just to point out, of course UNetBootin doesn't do any changes, UNetBootin is for making LiveUSBs, not creating dual-boot systems.
[QUOTE=nikomo;25077983]Just to point out, of course UNetBootin doesn't do any changes, UNetBootin is for making LiveUSBs, not creating dual-boot systems.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin#Hard_Drive_Install]I must be fucking blind then[/url]
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Can't you simply chainload ME's bootloader?
[QUOTE=Boris-B;25079435]Can't you simply chainload ME's bootloader?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting
By installing another bootloader (bootloader A), you can have it so the Windows ME entry in bootloader A will lead to the Windows ME bootloader (bootloader B). Chainloading is loading another bootloader as an entry.
[QUOTE=Nipa;25082465]By installing another bootloader (bootloader A), you can have it so the Windows ME entry in bootloader A will lead to the Windows ME bootloader (bootloader B). Chainloading is loading another bootloader as an entry.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I see.
Not sure exactly what to do though.
When you dual boot with modern Windows, you're chainloading NTLDR.
I'm sure it's similar for ME.
Just tell grub which drive/partition it is with "rootnoverify", then "chainloader +1"
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;25083991]When you dual boot with modern Windows, you're chainloading NTLDR.
I'm sure it's similar for ME.
Just tell grub which drive/partition it is with "rootnoverify", then "chainloader +1"[/QUOTE]
Just to note, NTLDR is old and is no longer used in Windows 7, so if you're dual booting with modern Windows, you're not chainloading NTLDR.
I can't remember the name of the Win7 bootloader though.
[QUOTE=nikomo;25087687]Just to note, NTLDR is old and is no longer used in Windows 7, so if you're dual booting with Windows, you're not chainloading NTLDR.
I can't remember the name of the Win7 bootloader though.[/QUOTE]
windows boot manager. it's not in vista or server 2008 either btw.
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Doesn't Windows ME use the same bootloader as 98?
[QUOTE=1solidsnake2;25107079]Doesn't Windows ME use the same bootloader as 98?[/QUOTE]
Everything pre-Vista (apparently [b]WRONG[/B]) uses it NTLDR.
no, just the NT series uses NTLDR
9x and ME use a simplified MS-DOS (which is done with the normal DOS loader) as their bootloaders.
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