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Wed Feb 27 17:32:24 2008: Subject:   TonyLawrence


I don't know a thing about how Vista is partitioned - so can't advise other than suggesting that you put SCO inside a VMware instance, but perhaps someone else here knows more.

Wed Feb 27 17:46:31 2008: Subject:   TonyLawrence


By the way: you did try "bootos" with its partition number, right?

Wed Feb 27 18:34:24 2008: Subject:   rbailin


Vista has its own bcd boot loader that's "new & improved" over the one found in Windows XP, Server 2003 and earlier versions of NT. But it's all irrelevant, and you should be able to use bootos {partition #} from the boot prompt. As usual, the partition numbers in OSR's fdisk may not agree with Windows' fdisk or diskpart utilities, but then there are only 4 possibilities.

And finally, as has always been the case since MS-DOS, install Vista first and OSR second. OSR will and should be the "active" partition.

--Bob

Thu Feb 28 15:53:12 2008: Subject:   anonymous


A dual boot Vista/SCO must deserve some prize for combining two awful operating systems?

Thu Feb 28 17:22:54 2008: Subject:   anonymous


VMware is probably a better alternative than dual-boot, & it gives you more portability options. Who says SCO is an awful operating system? It's not bad, just showing it's age. For many years it was king of the hill in the x86 UNIX world. Vista truly sucks, SCO is just old & owned by a sick & twisted corporation.

Thu Feb 28 20:35:48 2008: Subject:   TonyLawrence


True: it's only "awful" because it's old..

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