triple boot

[mc]

We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After
completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt and
win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt
this?
mc

 

[Dave Patrick]

Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does
"it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been upgraded.
Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed along side of
Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade.


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[mc]

Dave,
thanks for the response.

Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT
Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS
Drive E: is the cd-rom
Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB
Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB

NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed.
Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not appear
in the boot menu.
mc

Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does
"it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been
upgraded. Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed
along side of Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade.


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After
completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt
and win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to
attempt this?
mc

 

[Dave Patrick]

Can you post the text of boot.ini ?


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[mc]

This is it Dave,

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="MS-DOS"

Can you post the text of boot.ini ?


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Dave,
thanks for the response.

Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT
Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS
Drive E: is the cd-rom
Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB
Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB

NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed.
Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not
appear in the boot menu.
mc

 

[Dave Patrick]

Windows 2000 is installed to the second partition of disk0 Where is Windows
NT installed? Are C,D,F,G all partitions on the same disk? If so you might
try;


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
C:\="MS-DOS"


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Dave Patrick]

Should have been;

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
C:\="MS-DOS"

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[mc]

Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week.
mc

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[mc]

Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu win2000.
nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We are going
to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then NT4.0 (maybe
drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun begin..
mc

You're welcome.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week.
mc

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu
win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We
are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then
NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun
begin..
mc

If you're starting all over again then you should consider
using a proper boot loader instead of the native Windows
boot loader. XOSL is one of them. It lets you boot into
any number of OSs and it lets you keep them completely
separate. Each of them can be made to run off its own
drive C:. XOSL is free.

Post again if you need more details.

 

[Dave Patrick]

If you're starting over then install OS's in order oldest first, newest
last. You must service pack NT4 to at least SP4 before installing Windows
2000



--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect