No issues - EXCEPT DNS. You stated that the DHCP server assigns an IP based on the MAC address. So both OS's will get the same DHCP lease. That's OK. However, each OS with Different hostnames will register its name and IP in DNS. So you will have 2 different A records pointing to the same IP. Issues will only show up in reverse DNS, where the PTR record points 192.168.1.5 to xp.domain.local and you are trying to access 192.168.1.5 Vista.domain.local.
You will get 'access denied' errors when trying to browse shares and such. From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on duel OS booting LOL I was JUST going to post that! I triple boot w/ XP, Vista, and Ubuntu. No problems w/ DHCP ________________________________ From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on duel OS booting I'm looking forward to watching the duel. From: Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Question on duel OS booting You will need to make the Vista partition invisible to XP. XP restore points will corrupt Vista restore points. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Question on duel OS booting Greetings! Workstations here are all WinXP Pro, are DHCP clients, and belong to a Windows 2003 "Native" domain. I just happen to have unassigned space on my system drive, and I just happen to have a Vista Business install CD (properly licensed and awaiting installation). SO, as the DHCP client gets its lease based on its MAC address (my machine has only 1 NIC), how might I go about installing Vista and having it function properly in the network (without damaging the status of the alternative XP installation)? NO, I will NOT set it up as a VM on my desktop system - I did that once, and it was simply offal! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA(r) 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org<http://www.aspca.org/> The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
