Dual Boot

[Ray Hallock]

I have 2 systems. One is a Win 2000 system with a triple
boot, One of my Win 2000 OS's is on my C drive and one is
on my D drive. I also have a Win 98 OS on my c drive.

My boot.ini file looks like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000
(INTERNET)" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000
CLEAN" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

And it works great.

My problem is I also have a system with XP Home on it and
Windows 98. XP is on C drive and Win 98 is on E drive.

I have tried tons of permutations of the above boot ini
file with no luck. I thought something simple like this"

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows
XP" /fastdetect
e:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

But it does not work. Can someone help me out here. Any
help appreciated

Thank you.

Ray
(e-mail address removed)

 

[M. Rajesh]

Hi,

From the settings it is clear that you are having
multiple partitions and you have installed them in the
chronological order of 98, 2000 etc and that works fine.

But in the case of win xp you cannot switch the settings
in the boot ini because the original files are acutally
on the partiton and the boot ini is only a pointer. and
note that you cannot install 98 on a partiton after xp
because it breaks the configruation files of xp. read
more about this on the web site. You will ahve to install
the O/s in chronological order.

http://www.winxpsolution.com/DualBootingXPPro.asp

Regards,
M. Rajesh
www.winxpsolution.com