Hello those more knowledgeable than I:
I have been trying to get xp and SCO to coexist on the same system. I have tried several different ways to make both work, here's the list:
-install xp, image it, move the partition to the end of drive, verify it boots, image again,
-boot off of SCO cd, install SCO, fdisk'ing to put SCO at beginning of drive, making partition active, complete install, reboot,
-boot SCO, edit /etc/default/boot for bootos loader, reboot,
-at BOOT: prompt bootos xp, get the SYS 0VF (i think) error when trying to get to xp.
ALSO Tried using SYSTEM COMMANDER:
--installed xp, syscom, moved partition, rebooted,
--syscom comes up, goto partitioning, os wizard(all defaults), tried changing settings but didn't work, reboot,
--at this point, syscom has unix boot selection along with xp, a:, and cdrom,
--choose cdrom to boot SCO cd, do the same installation, reboot,
--again, get the SYS 0VF error,
--reboot with syscom cd, reinstall syscom, XP loads, but there is no option for SCO. . .
--somehow get SCO option on syscom, choose it, syscom header comes up, but just beeps, no booting.
Ok, I think the SYS 0VF has to do with the MBR, is there a fix? a fix that makes everything work?
Is the bootos howto on the SCO cd accurate? Is bootos still viable? Is there something better?
I have tried every boot manager I could find. Help would be appreciated as I have been thrown into maintaining old SCO apps without any SCO experience.