Gaming Dualboot with 2 power on buttons

[Raki]

Heya

My PC got 2 buttons to power on (one was used for a multimedia OS and one for Windows XP by default), but now that I formatted it both just boot into XP...
is there a way I could get one button to boot mac OS (if my hardware is compatible) / Linux and the other one to boot XP?

 

[p1ngpong]

Check your BIOS settings possibly?

 

[NXTninja]

i tried 2 dual boot mac os, u can only have Mac os installed, no way 2 dual boot

 

[p1ngpong]

No you can apparently.

A two second google search will provide you with lots of guides!

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253

You guys should always check Google before you start a thread/ claim somethings impossible!

 

[themuddaload]

the best way i can think of doing it, athough i dont know exactl how your hardware works, is to install xp on 1 hd, and macosx on another drive, this eliminates the whole format issue. then hook one drive to each power button?

i have dinked around alot with linux distros multibooting (one time i had like 9 distros on one hd =P )

but i dont think bootcamp or grub will allow for the usage of 2 power buttons, i'd try using 2hds though...

 

[Raki]

meh I've just got one HDD...or does it work with partitions as well?

 

[Mewgia]

..two power buttons?

I've never seen that before.

What computer do you have?

 

[p1ngpong]

Im thinking he possibly mistook the reset button for a power button?

 

[Outrager]

Some laptops come with a quick boot multimedia OS so you can watch a DVD or play music without taking the time to load Windows. This is usually an embedded linux OS so there's no real way to route the button to boot a different OS of your choice.

 

[themuddaload]

meh I've just got one HDD...or does it work with partitions as well?

well, apparently it does work with partitions if it has a separate media player thing, but idk how to do it...

 

[Raki]

the black one left is the button for the multimedia OS, the right one the one for Windows (and between them is a display)

I searched through my BIOS, but found nothing :/

 

[raulpica]

the black one left is the button for the multimedia OS, the right one the one for Windows (and between them is a display)

I searched through my BIOS, but found nothing :/

The multimedia button probably tells the BIOS to boot a second partition.
Too bad is that you had to actually examine the second partition to see if it needed a special label/file system/other to boot into it

Seeing that now there is only one partition, it doesn't find the second one and just boots the first (and only) one.

You could just try to create a second partition put a lightweight distro linux and see if it boots that.