Multiple partitions and OS's

[Stubby]

I have a disk with Win2K in one partition and DOS 6.22 in the other. I
would like to be able to select which I boot. Right now, booting
automatically falls into Win2K. I've been told that a line can be
inserted in boot.ini to let the DOS be booted. Can someone tell me how
to do this? TIA.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a disk with Win2K in one partition and DOS 6.22 in the other. I
would like to be able to select which I boot. Right now, booting
automatically falls into Win2K. I've been told that a line can be
inserted in boot.ini to let the DOS be booted. Can someone tell me how
to do this? TIA.

It depends on the type of your Win2000 partition (which presumably
is your primary boot partition): Is it FAT or NTFS?

 

[FD]

I have a disk with Win2K in one partition and DOS 6.22 in the other. I
would like to be able to select which I boot. Right now, booting
automatically falls into Win2K. I've been told that a line can be
inserted in boot.ini to let the DOS be booted. Can someone tell me how
to do this? TIA.

Why not try this incredibly easy program?

http://www.boot-us.com/

Farouk Dindar

 

[Stubby]

It depends on the type of your Win2000 partition (which presumably
is your primary boot partition): Is it FAT or NTFS?

I just checked with Partition Magic. The first partition is a 1 GB DOS
FAT. This is the one I'd like to be able to boot in addition to #2,
which is a 28GB Win2KP NTFS partition which is my standard system.
Partition #3 is also a 28 GB NTFS and is used for backup and doesn't
have to be bootable.

 

[Stubby]

Why not try this incredibly easy program?

http://www.boot-us.com/

Farouk Dindar

That looks like a fine boot manager. I also have System Commander
Deluxe and Boot Manager. These have caused me some amount of pain in
the past and I prefer to try to make everything work using
ntldr/boot.ini if possible. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I just checked with Partition Magic. The first partition is a 1 GB DOS
FAT. This is the one I'd like to be able to boot in addition to #2,
which is a 28GB Win2KP NTFS partition which is my standard system.
Partition #3 is also a 28 GB NTFS and is used for backup and doesn't
have to be bootable.

If your FAT partition is the active partition (which you did not
confirm) then you can do this:
- Boot the machine with a Win98 disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Run this command:
bootpart win95 c:\win98.sys "DOS 7"

The command will create the boot sector file win98.sys. It will
also generate an appropriate entry in boot.ini. You can download
it from here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm

 

[Stubby]

If your FAT partition is the active partition (which you did not
confirm) then you can do this:
- Boot the machine with a Win98 disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Run this command:
bootpart win95 c:\win98.sys "DOS 7"

The command will create the boot sector file win98.sys. It will
also generate an appropriate entry in boot.ini. You can download
it from here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm

Currently partition #2 is my active NTFS&Win2KP partition. After
backing up and getting my courage up, I'll try setting partition #1
(DOS) to be active and then follow your instructions. Thanks.

 

[Stubby]

That looks like a fine boot manager. I also have System Commander
Deluxe and Boot Manager. These have caused me some amount of pain in
the past and I prefer to try to make everything work using
ntldr/boot.ini if possible. Thanks for the reply.

Update: I installed Boot Magic by PowerQuest. It comes with Partition
Magic. I was astonished at how smootly things went! The original
version of Boot Magic made my hard disk unreadable years ago but it
seems to have been improved dramatically. I'm happier than a pig in sh*t!