At 09:59 a.m. 12/03/2004, you wrote: >Windows XP is very possessive about its boot loader, and when SP2 comes out, >it MAY cause problems. I suggest that you rethink this Lilo or Grub method >and just use the BIOS to select the boot device; most modern motherboards >have a menu that can be set to pop up for a few seconds. Using the BIOS >means that each drive thinks it is hda when it is selected and running; and >windows will never have a problem. You don't need to mess around with boot >loaders' .ini files and it is so much more reliable, because you can just >drop the drive into another box anytime, as there are no dependencies. >My 2C >Ciao, Dave
This is strange. Altho nearly all motherboards I've seen allow you to select which drive you want to boot up from in the bios, I've yet to see one that allows you to set up a menu, even one with RAID features. While I'm sure they exist, I don't think most modern motherboard do have this feature.
