Mistakenly thinking I was performing a "new" install, I actually
performed a "clean" install on partition 2, with a win 98 se left on
partition 1.

I now do not have a Boot Menu, but I do have two fully functional
operating systems networked with another win 98 machine, and on the
internet.

I can boot to xp from 98 by using PQ Boot, and can boot to 98 from XP
only by using the 98 boot disk on restart.

Question:

Can I edit the boot.ini file in xp to add a second boot option {and
thus get a boot menu) ??

Currently have

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating system]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS ="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Can I add:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS ="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"
/fastdetect

other option is to only wipe out the clean install and start over?

thanks
johnSteve

Hello john,

1. Add the following to the beginning of boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout = 5

following this will be the line:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS (which is already found
in your boot.ini file)

2. Add this line in the [operating systems] part of the boot.ini file:
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"

where C:\ here, refers to the partition drive in which windows 98 is
installed.

This will add the option of 98 SE to the bootup list.

Note: The timeout value specifies the time for the system to wait before it
chooses the default operating system to boot up. The value is specified in
seconds.

Regards,

Gatt

"johnSteve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mistakenly thinking I was performing a "new" install, I actually
> performed a "clean" install on partition 2, with a win 98 se left on
> partition 1.
>
> I now do not have a Boot Menu, but I do have two fully functional
> operating systems networked with another win 98 machine, and on the
> internet.
>
> I can boot to xp from 98 by using PQ Boot, and can boot to 98 from XP
> only by using the 98 boot disk on restart.
>
> Question:
>
> Can I edit the boot.ini file in xp to add a second boot option {and
> thus get a boot menu) ??
>
> Currently have
>
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
> [operating system]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS ="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect
>
> Can I add:
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS ="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"
> /fastdetect
>
> other option is to only wipe out the clean install and start over?
>
> thanks
> johnSteve

On Mon, 10 May 2004 12:56:32 +0530, "Ganesh Anand"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello john,
>
>1. Add the following to the beginning of boot.ini file:
>[boot loader]
>timeout = 5
>
>following this will be the line:
>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS (which is already found
>in your boot.ini file)
>
>2. Add this line in the [operating systems] part of the boot.ini file:
>C:\="Microsoft Windows 98 SE"
>
>
>This will add the option of 98 SE to the bootup list.
>
Did bring the boot menu up, and would boot to XP as default fine. When
Windows 98 selected though, got error message;

I/O Error accessing boot sector file
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\BOOTSECT.DOS

had to do a hard re-boot.
>where C:\ here, refers to the partition drive in which windows 98 is
>installed.
still trying to refer to partition 2
when I added my line, started getting missing or corrupt file
hal.dll

I was really hoping that was a wah hoo, but just wiped out the
partition, and started over the right way. Couple of hours back to
where I was

When in doubt
wipe it out
>Regards,
>
>Gatt
>
Thanks

johnSteve