Jump to content
XPEnology Community

Xpenology and Windows Dual Boot


Recommended Posts

12 minutes ago, jensmander said:

You mean on the same hardware? Even with separate drives - no. DSM „kills“ every partition you have during the installation. You’ll have to disable the s-ata port for your Windows drive every time you run Xpenology. 

So Xpenology will wipe a separate drive even if Xpenology isn’t installed on that drive?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

i dont think a disk added after dms installation will be initialized when there are already partitions on it

changing the boot drive in bios might do the trick to boot windows

 

lets say there are 4 sata, use 3 with dsm and install the normal way, disconnect all 3 drives, remove usb  drive with jun's loader

use the fourth sata to install windows (make the disk the boot disk in bios before installing)

after that you should be able to connect all drives (and the usb) and by choosing usb or the 4th disk as boot drive you should be able to change what system is booted

 

when having ipmi/bmc you could even change over network what to boot (usually server boards)

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

56 minutes ago, IG-88 said:

i dont think a disk added after dms installation will be initialized when there are already partitions on it

changing the boot drive in bios might do the trick to boot windows

 

lets say there are 4 sata, use 3 with dsm and install the normal way, disconnect all 3 drives, remove usb  drive with jun's loader

use the fourth sata to install windows (make the disk the boot disk in bios before installing)

after that you should be able to connect all drives (and the usb) and by choosing usb or the 4th disk as boot drive you should be able to change what system is booted

 

when having ipmi/bmc you could even change over network what to boot (usually server boards)

 

Is there a chance that DSM will initialize it after you plug in the USB again? If it doesn’t, this would be very helpful.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...