Dual boot W98SE and 2000Pro?

[***** charles]

Hi all,

I need to set up a computer that dual boots W98SE and
2000Pro. Should I install 98 first or Pro first? Should
I install 98 on first partition or Pro on the first partition?
If I install Linux laterf will Grub handle any configuration
it sees?
I still need to have 98 for making boot disks and stuff
like that.

thanks,
charles......

 

[Dave Patrick]

Here you go.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];217210

http://www.bootdisk.com/


To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use
all available space.

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[VideoReDo Sucks]

Hi all,

I need to set up a computer that dual boots W98SE and
2000Pro. Should I install 98 first or Pro first? Should
I install 98 on first partition or Pro on the first partition?
If I install Linux laterf will Grub handle any configuration
it sees?
I still need to have 98 for making boot disks and stuff
like that.

thanks,
charles......

Should be no problem.
Install Win98 first then install Win2K.
Win2K will see Win98 and provide a boot menu.

If you have more than 512MB RAM you have to jump through some hoops to get
Win98 working.

 

[***** charles]

Should be no problem.
Install Win98 first then install Win2K.
Win2K will see Win98 and provide a boot menu.

If you have more than 512MB RAM you have to jump through some hoops to get
Win98 working.

The computer in question is an XP1800+ with 512M of ram and a 40G IDE hd.
The MS article was not crystal clear so thanks for the sequence. I need a
"reference" machine which I can use to pull "clean" files for support
purposes.
I'll use a W98SE boot floppy to create the two partitions, 20G each. Both
will
be formated to FAT32. Then I will install W98SE on the first one. Then
Install
2KPro on the second partition. Then when I get error messages like
"missing NTLDR" on a second machine, I can fix it pretty quickly.
I would normally format the second partition with NTFS but a normal 98 boot
floppy wouldn't "see" it. The only advantage is that NTFS supports files
that
are larger than 4G so it is good for working with big dvd files. I can do
that on
another machine.

Don't need to do this right away but can I install 98, 2K and XP Home on
three
different sequencial partitions in the above installation order without
problems?
Or will 2K and XP have problems with each other?

thanks again,
charles......

 

[WinField]

W2K and XP can peacefully coexist.

The days of multiboots is over.

What a ridiculous, wrong-headed statement to make!
{ - winfield }

You can install XP pro and then
download/use Virtual PC 2004 [free download from MS]. This would allow you
to run all the OS's you wanted [one at a time if limited memory] on the same
box.

Might want to check it out.