[PLUG] multi-boot linux and multiple windows revs same machine

2022-03-21 Thread Chuck Hast
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

Re: [PLUG] multi-boot linux and multiple windows revs same machine

2022-03-21 Thread Tomas Kuchta
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 wrote: > Folks, > I need to setup a machine that has Linux,

Re: [PLUG] multi-boot linux and multiple windows revs same machine

2022-03-21 Thread Derek Loree
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 > wrote: > > It won't work as easily as grub menus used to work,

Re: [PLUG] multi-boot linux and multiple windows revs same machine

2022-03-22 Thread Chuck Hast
I guess I have stepped into Windows hell... I was figuring that, I have a T42p that screams WinXP so it will get it. I have used Multisystem to install Win7 but may just put it on another Thinkpad I have here. On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:42 PM Derek Loree wrote: > This is true, Win XP will not r

Re: [PLUG] multi-boot linux and multiple windows revs same machine

2022-03-22 Thread Chuck Hast
Thanks again for the good info... On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 3:21 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > I guess I have stepped into Windows hell... I was > figuring that, I have a T42p that screams WinXP > so it will get it. I have used Multisystem to install > Win7 but may just put it on another Thinkpad I > hav