multi boot with CUSL2, an interesting tip

[bosone]

I have an asus cusl2 and 2 hard disks.

i found an interesting tip: if you boot your computer and you keep pressed the "ESC" key you will come to a menù that asks you from which Hard disk you want to do your boot.

my tip: i have the 2 HD one set to master and one to slave. in both i have win98 installed, but i use one of them ONLY for music and the other for all other things.
when i want to compose something, i just keep esc pressed and choose my boot HD....

no need to physical excange the drives, no need to buy hard disk trays, and i've always access to both hard disks!

i don't know if this works because a particular bios setting or on other mother boards... try and see!

bye

[Marc de Ruiter]

With every BIOS I know you can disable IDE channels (Standard CMOS Setup->Auto/manual/disabled etc.) or Advanced Setup-->Bootsequence

[bosone]

I don't disable any of my hard disk!
all of them are always available, i just change the drive from which i boot...
this mean more HD space!

[Txemical]

i have the two hard disk active too and selct in bios the boot from hd0 or hd1, in this way can acces from xp to the data from both hd's, and from w98 too....but after install xp in this way (deactivating one of the disks for install xp in the other), i discover i can selcect operating system in xp whith a menu when the computer boots....i thing i must reinstall both o.s
some comments? thanks....(sorry for my english...well...spanglish)
BTW:somebody can tell me if i need pulsar 2.04 for install 3.0? (i have 2.01)

[Micha]

Win 98 should start with bootmanager of XP.
3.0 is a full version.
Happy pulsaring
Micha

[at0m]

Win98 doesn't make a bootmenu, I think you have to make it yourself. XP does make one

[Txemical]

thanks...