This is true, Win XP will not run on modern hardware and Win 7 is heading there quickly. If bare metal is required, you may need to just do one machine per OS.
Good luck, Derek Loree > On Mar 21, 2022, at 9:25 PM, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It won't work as easily as grub menus used to work, win10 needs UEFI winXP > has no idea what it is. Additionally, XP and Win 7 may refuse to boot on > anything newer than Haswell CPU. > > Good luck, > T > > > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 15:01 Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Folks, >> I need to setup a machine that has Linux, Windows XP >> Windows 7 and Windows 10. >> >> This is one case where my beloved VM's do not work >> (THANK YOU MOTOROLA) So I need to be able to >> boot all of the above OS. I have done dual boot many >> times but I have not had to try to put 3 variants of >> windows on the same machine. >> >> Any guidance would be appreciated. >> >> I have a mix of what is called CPS or Customer >> Programming Software. The Motorola CPS can be >> a real bear to get going on a VM. Even though it >> sees a com port. I will not go into the horror stories >> of those products except to say that they can be a >> real pain. Once I get the OS running on bare metal >> then comes driver hell. But first the OS. >> >> I know that XP is expired and same for Win7, but >> these pieces of software are pretty OS specific. >> >> I have the ISO's for all of the OS installs. >> >> -- >> >> Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- >> I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. >> Ph 4:13 KJV >> Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. >> Fil 4:13 RVR1960 >>
