Pegasus said:
Interesting. The OP's WinXP boot goes like this:
1. The BIOS passes control to the MBR of the primary master disk.
2. The MBR passes control to NTLDR on the active NTFS partition.
If you can explain how to pass control over to the Win98 boot files on the
FAT32 partition then I'd love to test this for myself. Please post a set of
actual working instructions (i.e. a tried and proven method), not just some
educated guess.
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Go into MB BIOS.
Set boot sequence in BIOS to CD drive that has win98 CD in it to first.
Save and exit out of BIOS.
The machine should boot to the 98 install CD.
Select the partition that is fat 32.(He said it was "E".) But since,I guess,
the other drives/partitions are NTFS. The only partition the 98CD should see
is the Fat32 partition.
Follow the install instructions. Watch the progress window. The machine
will need to reboot. Once it is complete and reboot. Go back into bios and
change Boot sequence back to original. When it boots it should ask you which
OS to boot to.
But like I said on the XP CD. There is an option to install another OS.
Boot to the XP CD like I said for the 98 instasll.
Or From XP help
file:-------------------------------------------------------------------
"How to create a multiple-boot system with MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows 98,
and Windows XP
You will be less likely to encounter problems installing a multiple-boot
system with MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows 98, and Windows XP if you install
these operating systems in the following order: MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows
98, and then Windows XP.
If you have Windows XP installed on a volume formatted as FAT, and you have
another free volume formatted as FAT or FAT32, you can install Windows 98 to
the free volume without reformatting your hard drive.
After ensuring that your hard drive is formatted with the correct file
system, do one of the following:
If you want a multiple-boot system with MS-DOS, Windows 95 or Windows 98,
and Windows XP, install MS-DOS, then Windows 95 or Windows 98, and then
Windows XP.
If you want a dual-boot system with only Windows 95 or Windows 98, install
Windows 95 or Windows 98, and then install Windows XP.
Important
Before creating a multiple-boot configuration with Windows XP and another
operating system, such as MS-DOS, Windows 95, or Windows 98, review the
following precautions:
Each operating system must be installed on a separate volume. Microsoft does
not support installing multiple operating systems on the same volume.
If you have only one volume on your computer, you must reformat and
repartition your hard drive to contain multiple volumes before you begin
creating a multiple-boot configuration, unless you are simply installing
another copy of Windows XP.
You cannot install both Windows 95 and Windows 98 in a multiple-boot
configuration. Windows 98 is intended as an upgrade to Windows 95 and will
try to use the same boot file.
You must install Windows XP only after installing MS-DOS, Windows 95, or
Windows 98 to prevent MS-DOS or Windows 95 from overwriting the Windows XP
boot sector and the Windows XP startup files.
Do not install Windows XP on a compressed drive that was not compressed
using the NTFS compression utility.
You must use a different computer name for each operating system if the
computer is on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP secure domain. "
It's been awhile but I know I have done this. Beause I had XP and installed
98SE
after XP. But the problem I had was the hardware was too new for 98 to work
with them or have correct drivers. And most Mfgs don't offer drivers for 98
anymore.
Another thing I did,on another PC, was unplug the XP HD and plug in another
HD and installed 98SE on it. After that hooked them together on ribbon cable
but installed two toggle switches to ,while PC is off, turn one off and the
other on. Then turn PC back on and it will boot to the HD that has the power
to it.
I used two toggles because that is what I had. I am sure a person can get
a toggle switch that has enough poles to switch from one to the other without
having the posibility of haveing both on at the same time.
I believe it would be a '12 pole/ single throw'.
I do know this works. But as I said before 98 does not work on PCs that are
new.
Or has a LCD/Plasma moniter. There are no drivers available that I could
find.
Hope this helps?
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