dual booting system with Windows 2000 and XP

[mmasuda]

I'm considering buying a computer with a dual booting system with Windows 2000 and XP. The computer would have two separate hard drives, each with a different operating system. The purpose would be to run F77L/EM32 and LF90 programs on 2000 and LF95 programs on XP.

Has anyone had any success (or failure) running Fortran in this manner?

Thanks for any input.

mmasuda

[mtlclickit]

There is no reason for this not work; especially with two separate hard drives.

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[Dick Russell]

Win2000 likely will be unable to run EM32 and any executables (DOS-extended) that it produces if the OS has "Hotfix 835732" installed. This was noticed a few years ago by others on the Lahey list server forum, and I found it to be the case. By uninstalling that hotfix I was able to regain use of EM32 under Win2000. With XP, no such luck.

Some may argue that if you have Win2000 available, why sandbag yourself with XP at all?