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Multi-Boot??
It has more options and possibilities than /LILO,/ but personally I don't see a need to tinker with it, unless I'd be feeling adventurous. I don't multi-boot, so /LILO/ will do just fine for me. Your mileage may of course vary, as always... ;-) -- With kind regards, *Aragorn* (Registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

Multi-boot & Disk Choice
Then boot from win xp and install. It will ask to see you win 98 cd so have it ready. -- The wise man asks many questions... the foolish one has all the answers! "Joe Lomas" <joe.lo...@home.com> DAT [Operating Systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect

Question about Multi-boot options
Le système présente alors le choix grâce au BOOT.INI dans lequel l'installation a été enregistrée. Voici le mien en guise d'exemple : [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professionnel"

Multi-Boot
When you subsequently install Win2K, be sure to specify "D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other partition. The Win2K installation routine will automatically set up a Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this

Some Multi-Boot Questions...
Take away XP then you boot from a W2K boot manager, but this then is defeating the object. If you want to install all four operating systems you are going to have to use XP's John, Thank you for responding my repeated questions. In my PC system two language versions of WinME, W98, W2K and WinXP are installed.

Multi-boot setup question
If not, you won't be able to see the XP partition from WinME or Win98SE. True, but that's a good thing under most circumstances. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom.

"Double Windows" Dilemma
XP Pro (Upgrade version) Multi-boot setup (ala Partition Magic) W98 and XP Pro Tyan S1846 ATX mother board From a lot of back posts I read on this group it seems that I need to perform a simple Repair Installation. The problem is I can't perform one because I get no repair option from XP Setup.

extending the C: partition
But then you'll have to find yourself another multi-boot utility to put in the MBR. Like, say, LILO ;-) Or you'll need to boot Linux from floppy. LILO is pretty well-proven to be harmless at this point: you'll probably find it easier to go ahead and install it in the MBR. As others have pointed out,

Missing files, Default partition, re-installation after ...
Final questions : Could Win9x be configured to run a single application (without Explorer being loaded) ? I would only use it for stuff related to the pcmcia sound card I have, and it stroke me that I'd really need to run something like Cakewalk. Also, is it OK to just go and manually change an IRQ value to solve a

XP reinstallation woes on Multiboot system
There is a set of HOWTO's on the subject of multi-boot systems at the LDP Home Page, http://www.linuxdoc.org/. 5. File Systems, Disks, and Drives 5.1. ..... Simply follow the installation instructions. If you don't know--and don't know how to find out--the answers to some of the questions asked during the

More win2k dual/multi boot questions
BobL sha...@bmwe30.net alt os windows-xp I'm just completing my XP installation. I'm now thinking about multi-boot possibilities. Anyone here use Linux in multi-boot scenarios? What about an useful earlier version of Windows? I was thinking that there might be some utility to having '98SE also. So my questions are:

Multi-boot: possible to have single program installation for ...
Anytime you run a Beta on a multi-boot machine, you are likely to see issues that may not occur on a single OS machine. Hello - I decided to install the Beta XP SP 1 patch, after a steady decline in performance despite thorough virus checking, removal of temp files (including prefetch),

Multi-boot boot manager problem
Kent W. England [MVP] k...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp newusers See "217210 - How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, In any event, my questions are: Does XP HOME edition UPGRADE (from ME) allow for Multi-Booting? If yes, can DOS be booted as one of the OSes?

upgrade from mandrake 10.1 to latest mandriva
Typically, dP products carry the digital data disc symbol and are labelled "for Mac or multi-media PC" with Mac and PC versions of discPassage included on-disc. "Whoa! One diskette lets non-hard disk users start discQuest after a bare-bones System 6.0 boot. The other will Install discQuest and a monospace font

Multi-boot: possible to have single program installation for ...
D...@wdr.com mpc lists freebsd questions muc lists freebsd questions Gilles Vollant has produced something called BOOTPART (http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm). This has the ability under DOS or Anything which makes installation of FreeBSD in multi-boot situations easier has to be a plus/selling point, IMHO.

More win2k dual/multi boot questions
I would not recommend an upgrade. Create a new ~10 gig partition. install 2008.0 there. That way you can have a multi-boot setup. You might want to read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html It helps to know which software program(s) If so, can I re-instal it so that it does work, perhaps from the

Dual boot installation
I got a 500 meg hard drive sitting around containg a microsoft backup file of my old microsoft windows install. Since just unpacking this isn't going to work since the boot record won't be their, etc I will need to install windows. I just have a question though. Can windows boot from the first partition of a hard

Installation problem
BobDelaney BobDela...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment See my reply to the multi-boot questions further down in this newsgroup. As proposed, no you cannot install Windows 98 SE to the second hard drive. Indeed, my suggestion is to stay with the one hard disk, get a copy of Partition Magic 7.0

MultiBoot System - Revisited
... not wish to multi-boot your system, you do not have to run fdisk before hand as, during the install process, options for creating partitions are built in. .... </Admin/store.htm> Here are answers to some common questions about Fdisk. What is Fdisk? Fdisk is an advanced command line tool that was part of earlier

Installation: doesn't see setup files on hard drive?
Due to the number of questions about it, I thought some may find this useful. System: Gateway Pentium Pro 180 w/128mbs ram, 4mb S3 virge video card, This was the easiest OS install I've ever done!) I rebooted. I was then met with the Solaris multi-boot screen which allowed me to boot between DOS and Solaris. 5.