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Which boot manager?
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August 02, 2011, 12:03:59 PM »
Been playing with various VM software, but would like to go a step further without the limitations of virtual machines.
So many boot managers out there. Read good things about Grub and bad things about Acronis.
Want to boot Win 7, XP and Linux.
What do others use?
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Re: Which boot manager?
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August 02, 2011, 12:55:29 PM »
What limitations are you running in to with virtual machines?
I've got quite accustomed to being able to access any OS I like from where-ever really. In fact, multiple OSes on a PC now seems like a right faff! You reinstall one, it'll overwrite the boot loader, just hassle in my opinion.
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August 02, 2011, 01:04:40 PM »
What VM's do you guys use ?
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Re: Which boot manager?
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August 02, 2011, 02:51:03 PM »
VirtualBox, Virtual PC and Windows XP mode.
Of course if you have more than 2 hdd's, just f12 at boot up so a manager isn't needed.
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