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How can i Boot Win XP from 2nd intern Drive

I have two intern Drives in my PC on the first Drive i have installed Mac OSX with the Bootloader Chameleon 2.0RC1 and on the 2nd Windows XP. When i start the PC and press e key by Chameleon 2.0RC1, i see the Logo from Win XP, but when i…

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@aljonama Published 2009-04-24
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5,655 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 3 dispatches) · 2009-04-24
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I have two intern Drives in my PC
on the first Drive i have installed Mac OSX with the Bootloader Chameleon 2.0RC1 and on the 2nd Windows XP. When i start the PC and press e key by Chameleon 2.0RC1, i see the Logo from Win XP, but when i choose it, it will not started i see only a blinking Cursor.

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Field Note #1 @naquaada 2009-04-24

Hmm, Chameleon 2.0RC1 isn't very stable as I heard. But you can use a dual-boot using the Win XP bootloader. You need an additional file (CHAIN0) and a modified boot.ini for this.

Field Note #2 @Ali C. 2009-04-24

Stability must depend on Windows version. Installed Chameleon and the Windows 7 partition boots fine if I select it in Chameleon. Yet XP doesn't? Hmmm...maybe more to it than that, though.

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