S
Sean
I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.
2.4 GHz
512 Mb RAM
DVD/CD Burner
It has 60 GB in 2 partitions on the hard drive.
XP is installed in partition 1.
I want to install 2000 server in partition 2.
I know you are supposed to install 2000 first but its too
late for that.
I know about the workaround steps - backing up ntdlr and
ntdetect.com from the XP partition and then reapplying
after installing 2000.
The problem is that I cannot get the 2000 install CD to be
recognised as bootable.
I have set the CD as the boot device and it is ignored
when the 2000 cd is in but OK if I try to boot from an XP
cd.
I have tried manually selecting boot device also (this is
a menu option during Dell laptops startup).
There is nothing wrong with the 2000 cd - it is recognised
as bootable by a machine already running 2000
(professional).
I tried booting from 2000 boot floppies.
Doesnt work.
The first step is 'loading files (machine identification)'
and it always hangs there (left it for 8 hours!)
Booting from an XP bootable floppy works OK so it should
be possible.
Is there any hack for getting a 2000 install CD to be
recognized as bootable on a machine which already has XP?
2.4 GHz
512 Mb RAM
DVD/CD Burner
It has 60 GB in 2 partitions on the hard drive.
XP is installed in partition 1.
I want to install 2000 server in partition 2.
I know you are supposed to install 2000 first but its too
late for that.
I know about the workaround steps - backing up ntdlr and
ntdetect.com from the XP partition and then reapplying
after installing 2000.
The problem is that I cannot get the 2000 install CD to be
recognised as bootable.
I have set the CD as the boot device and it is ignored
when the 2000 cd is in but OK if I try to boot from an XP
cd.
I have tried manually selecting boot device also (this is
a menu option during Dell laptops startup).
There is nothing wrong with the 2000 cd - it is recognised
as bootable by a machine already running 2000
(professional).
I tried booting from 2000 boot floppies.
Doesnt work.
The first step is 'loading files (machine identification)'
and it always hangs there (left it for 8 hours!)
Booting from an XP bootable floppy works OK so it should
be possible.
Is there any hack for getting a 2000 install CD to be
recognized as bootable on a machine which already has XP?