Dual boot help needed plz
This is a discussion about Dual boot help needed plz in the Windows Software category; Can u tell me how to dual boot my system??, i just tryed it by using win98 startup disk since win98 wont install thru win2k or boot up. So i tryed to use dos to install it, but it tryed to install it in c: drive and i want it installed to my I: drive since that is my spare drive.
Can u tell me how to dual boot my system??, i just tryed it by using win98 startup disk since win98 wont install thru win2k or boot up. So i tryed to use dos to install it, but it tryed to install it in c: drive and i want it installed to my I: drive since that is my spare drive. I have 4 partitions in my 17gb drive which starts at c: then f:, G:, H: . My two cd drives r d: and E: . So I would like my win98 in drive I: which is on my 8gb drive which i also want to partition.
So my question is how do i get win98 in drive I: so it can be dual booted with win2k ???
Ive done a fresh install just now in i: drive, by swapping the hdd around to make it c:
Could i not just edit the boot.ini to add another os and point it to I:\win98
So my question is how do i get win98 in drive I: so it can be dual booted with win2k ???
Ive done a fresh install just now in i: drive, by swapping the hdd around to make it c:
Could i not just edit the boot.ini to add another os and point it to I:\win98
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nova...you are the man...
Quick question..I'm sure you've covered this, but here goes...
I had Win2k installed on my C:. I set up a partition so I could dual boot win98. Install went fine, etc etc.. works great.. now..
In win2k the partition is assigned drive letter f:, in win 98 it is d:.. how can I make these match? Run PM5.0 from the 98 side and give that letter to the partition on the 98 side?
Quick question..I'm sure you've covered this, but here goes...
I had Win2k installed on my C:. I set up a partition so I could dual boot win98. Install went fine, etc etc.. works great.. now..
In win2k the partition is assigned drive letter f:, in win 98 it is d:.. how can I make these match? Run PM5.0 from the 98 side and give that letter to the partition on the 98 side?
Wolf, I assume your \WINDOWS directory (from Win98) is on drive D:.
There's probably no way to get these partitions to use the same drive letter under Win2k and Win98, EXCEPT giving the partition that's D: under Win2k a new letter so that D: becomes free and you can assign D: to your Win98 partition.
If you want D: to become F: under Win98, no chance. You can't influence the way how Win9x assigns drive letters to hard disks (but you can for removable drives and CD-ROMs).
(Maybe PM5 is able to assign letters to hard disk partitions, but I seriously doubt it!!)
I hope this answers your question.
nova.
There's probably no way to get these partitions to use the same drive letter under Win2k and Win98, EXCEPT giving the partition that's D: under Win2k a new letter so that D: becomes free and you can assign D: to your Win98 partition.
If you want D: to become F: under Win98, no chance. You can't influence the way how Win9x assigns drive letters to hard disks (but you can for removable drives and CD-ROMs).
(Maybe PM5 is able to assign letters to hard disk partitions, but I seriously doubt it!!)
I hope this answers your question.
nova.
Thanks for the info, nova. I don't think I really need to mess with it, anyway. I only boot into 98 for some older games I still run, so the drive letter difference is no big deal, since I just run the games from the C: drive.
Thanks again, though!!
Thanks again, though!!
