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Second OS from the P button

post #1 of 4
6/29/06 at 10:18am
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Can you boot a second OS from the P button rather than the Power Cinema?
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post #2 of 4
6/29/06 at 4:17pm
I've asked around, and I have been told it is not possible. I asked the makers of the actual system that AW uses, can't remember it off the top of my head though, Uniwill maybe?
I wanted to boot Linux from it, but sadly, no dice
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post #3 of 4
6/29/06 at 4:30pm
It prolly can be done, just noone done it yet.

If u can be the first you will become legend.

I dont see any reason why not except install size, the bios may only allow for a very small install image and very limited use of peripherals in the p button mode.
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post #4 of 4
6/29/06 at 6:56pm
I had been wondering myself, so I googled and ran into the Uniwill forums (duh-why didn't I look there first). The thread below discusses PowerCinema installation, but then goes into multi-OS booting from the P button. I assume that while you can't see the contents of the PowerCinema partition from Windows, you can boot into a DVD distro and edit the bootloader on that partition.

edit: Just reread the thread there. They booted into PowerCinema, and then exited to a shell, where they started the Linux install.

http://www.uniwill.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38
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