PcLinuxOs, Vista want to add W XP Pro

[shankle]

Have no idea if this is the right place to put this message. Move it if you wish. Just let me know where Please.
Thank you for PcLinuxOS.

Setup:  Running windows vista on HD #1 and Pclinuxos on HD #2.
             PclinuxOs has control of the MBR.
             I have 25G of space for W XP Pro on HD #1

How can I accomplish this without screwing up the system? 

[Leiche]

The problem is, that XP need the first partition called "c" on the harddrive...
The next XP don't find Vista.
When want install it, you should first install xp, then vista, at last pclinuxos.
Maybe you don't need install pclinuxos, only xp and vista, and with a livecd yo can repair the mbr
I've no idea, dude...

[DeBaas]

Install XP from XP install CD on the desired partition
Check your XP
Now you borked Vista and PCLos
Repair Vista with the Vista DVD
Check XP and Vista
Redo MBR from the PCLos CD
Check and done.

[j-retired]

Do you REALLY need Vista? XP is a much better system. Vista is sooo... slowwww. Mind you I think W7 is better than XP as well, but Vista has been bad news all round by my reckoning. Why not save all your data, that wipe the HD clean, install either XP or W7, then install PCLOS? While you CAN install XP or W7 AFTER pclos, it's a lot of hassle, fiddling with GRUB etc, and I don't know whether it ALWAYS works. I've only done it once, and I don't intend doing it again, even if I could remember how!
Easier to save all the data - which conveniently gives you a back-up (you know, those things you're supposed to do frequently, but only remember that you forgot when you get BSODed!)

 

j

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To DeBass,
Thank you for your reply.
First I have heard that XP must go in the 1st partition on a drive.
That means moving Vista to the end of the drive and putting XP
at the beginning. That's ok, I can handle that.
Then repairing Vista with the installation disk is ok.
What happens to XP at this point?? Is there a repair function
on the XP cd??
I downloaded PcLinuxOS from the web. So I don't have a
PcLinuxOS cd/dvd to repair Grub.
Where does one get a "booted Live Distro" of PcLinuxOS?

[DeBaas]

When you install XP you can put it on every partition you like, but the Master Boot Record is overwritten by XP and pointing to the right partition, for XP.
XP does not recognise the Vista and PCLos systems.
Startup the Vista install DVD and choose the repair option, it finds your XP and Vista install and create an dualboot menu.
Now startup your downloaded/burned PCLos LiveCD or USB an startup (as root) redo-mbr, the new MBR/Grub menu will contain all three OS's

[shankle]

Thank you DeBaas,
I'm going to give it a try. Will backup my puter first.

So if I understand your last message correctly I should
take the download of PcLinuxOS 10 that I burned to a dvd
and and start it up as root. I don't think I know how to do that.

[DeBaas]

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace(2x) you go in the login screen, login root, password root.
Goto PC (left corner on the task bar) > More Applications > Configuration > Redo MBR

Good luck
Ed

[shankle]

No luck I'm afraid.
Here is the sequence of events:
Got XP Pro loaded into the 2nd Partition of HD #1.
Was able to boot into XP.
Loaded the Vista install cd.
After much ado the Vista cd finally ran. It did not give a dual-boot
screen after doing the repair function.
Loaded the Pclos cd. In the Menu.lst it showed the Pclinux disk
and 1 windows entry Title windows. Don't know how to modify it
and no instructions on what to do with it.
The present status is I can get into Vista but not XP or pclos.
Also entries in HD#2 for Pclos have been changed.
sdb1, sdb2 and sdb3.
Originally there was sdb1, sdb6, sdb7 and sdb8.
I'm going to restore my puter back to it's original state and await any
suggestions.
I knew this was going to be tough