Installation onto logical partition

Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.

John, don't make the logical partition active. You already have a primary
active partition which would be C:. Vista will just put it's bootmanager on
C:.

"Tony Hoyle" <TonyHoyle@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> John Kloosterman wrote:

>> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if not,
>> this NEEDS to be fixed.)

>
> You can't install on a logical partition because you need to boot off it.
> XP had this issue also IIRC. You can create up to 3 physical partitions
> (+ the extra physical for the logical partitons) so just boot off one off
> those.
>
> Tony
>

Yep, RC-1 works fine here installed on a logical partition.

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"Peter M" <phmcn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
> partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
> partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
> it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.
>
> John, don't make the logical partition active. You already have a primary
> active partition which would be C:. Vista will just put it's bootmanager
> on C:.
>
> "Tony Hoyle" <TonyHoyle@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:eDoGHRz0GHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> John Kloosterman wrote:

>>> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if
>>> not, this NEEDS to be fixed.)

>>
>> You can't install on a logical partition because you need to boot off it.
>> XP had this issue also IIRC. You can create up to 3 physical partitions
>> (+ the extra physical for the logical partitons) so just boot off one off
>> those.
>>
>> Tony
>>

>

Do I need to
1. Make both the primary parttion active.
2. Will xp and vista boot fine
a) If botht the parttion active.
b) If Only 1 partition is active and XP is installed there.

Thanks,
RSK

> Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
> partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
> partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
> it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.

> Vista RC1 will not install onto a logical partition. I have made sure:

> 1. The partition is marked active.
> 2. The partition is large enough.
> 3. The partition is made and formatted with the installer.
> Installation chokes with a "Windows is unable to find a system volume
> that
> meets its criteria for installation" error.
>
> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if
> not, this NEEDS to be fixed.)
>

I do have more then one OS, including Vista installed on a logicol partition
there are no problems I know off.

ko van Zeelan