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multi boot
By default, the name of the "boot folder" is \Windows for Win9x/ME and WinXP and \WinNT for WinNT and Win2K. (When you upgrade over an earlier OS, the boot folder name is retained.) As Bruce says, Drive C: can be quite small; all the system files for all OSes will total well under 1MB. This is the multi-boot system

Partition for JUST multi-booting information??
Merveilleux il va faire tout seul un multiboot avec Win 98 c) Linux : les partitions qui vont bien pour le palmipède antarctique, toujours sur des unités logiques, mais PAS de LILO sur /dev/hda1, JUSTE sur sa partition /boot. La disquette de démarrage est indispensable sinon on ne peut pas y accéder.

Multi boot from two hard drive system HELP!
Right now, the PC boots up and if I don't change the OS selection it tries to boot the removed XP install. I have appended my boot.ini file below. What do I need to change to get Win ME as my default? Disabling multi-boot is also an option but I have no idea how to do it. The Microsoft website has been no help for

Multi-boot question from Newbie
Tom Porterfield t...@m9.sprynet.com microsoft public win95 setup If you are placing each OS on a separate partition or using a good multiboot utility such as System Commander Deluxe, it's not a problem. What is not so easy to do is to set up OSR2 to boot with a previous version of DOS. Mr. Christopher M. De luca

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
Multi boot ....will a ghost image of drive c get a full image of the win98 install as well as the multi boot info? I assume the multiboot is in the boot sector on c and not sure exactly how its installed or if ghost will get it or not? Ghost (guess you mean Norton/Symantec) has an option to save boot sector/track

multiboot issues
I am however unable to boot Linux after a hard reset of the system, which appears to have scrambled either the Linux boot sector, or more likely, the grub files I use to boot. I run a multi-boot system with Win XP, 98 and Linux, with linux installed on a logical partition, HDA6 to linux (hda6 partition of the one

DOS6/DOS7/BasicLINUX or Pygmy multi-boot
I've been following several threads about removing one OS from a multi boot system. I tried the "boot disk" and do a sys of C:, but mine refuses to let me do that. There is the edit boot.ini, but I don't know how it should be edited. Say that I want to remove Win 2000 Pro from a multi boot system and boot.ini is as

How to install Win98 on a Win2k machine with multiboot?
XP installed fine in its designated partition but when I rebooted the machine XP had hikacked boot magic ... now, the only thing that will boot-up is Win XP !!! I'm looking for the way to put a multi-boot setup into boot.ini via Win XP .... my questions are : 1. Where do I find boot.ini in Win Xp and, 2.

PC multiboot: was Re: Fuel Pricing?
I'm looking for information on setting up a multi-boot system. I don't mean a dual boot. I mean a multi-boot with as many os's, of (nearly) any flavour, as I like. It needs to be done so any of the os's can be removed/reinstalled without affecting others. The main problem I see at the moment is an XP

How to Multi boot window2000 & NetBSD
syl.news2 sylpoi2...@gmail.com microsoft public windows vista general you can however use then the vista dvd to repair and reinstall the vista bootloader... The first partition is XP and after verification the Vista boot folder is on the XP partition. Is there a way to transfer the Vista bootloader on the Vista

LILO and NT multiboot
Sonny b.jo...@chello.nl microsoft public windowsnt setup Hi Ronald, he best route to follow when installing Win9x, WinNT & Win2000 side by side (ie multi-boot these OS's) is to install them in that order. Note that one cannot have 2 or more instances of Win9x under one multi-boot (at least not using the bulit-in

. multiboot
Now that I recall, Doug Knox has a page on multi-booting 98 and XP that indicates there are problems using NTFS for XP when multi-booting XP/98 with the NT boot loader. See http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm for details. It would be better to continue using BIOS choice or get a third-party boot

Installer W98 sur un multiboot XP / Ubuntu
If you want to get rid of reference to the secondary installation from your hard disk, and use it only from the floppy, you can delete the lines that invoke it from the boot.ini file. You'll see a file that looks something like this: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINNT

recommend a good multi-partition boot utility?
baskitcaise baskitca...@hotmail.com alt os linux suse Ed Jackson wrote: I'm looking to create a multi-boot environment on my computer. I will be installing two HDs: one 40GB drive and one 30GB drive. I want to partition the 40GB drive into a 10GB partition and a 30GB partition. My plan is to put SuSE Linux

Multi-boot Windows XP without special software
I (like an idiot) assume that if MS has a way to support multi-boot with its own OSes tht they'd have a way of handling that. But if they don't, you're right, Win98 won't work. But one of the other posters said "yes", so now I'm confused. I stupidly didnt allow for the multiboot in the subject and assumed you just

Hiding Vista volumes from XP (volsnap.sys issue revisited)
I have already accomplished a multi boot situation on my pc, 98, 2000, XP. I created a primary boot partion (C:\) of 100mgs. and three more logical partion to which I have install the OS's to there respectives. I have done all this through DOS, running the appropriate commands for install. My question today could I

Multi-boot good idea?
Can someone please help me set up a multiboot with WinXPPro and Win98SE? I ordered a new computer today, and I want to use 98 for gaming and XP for wave-editing and3D- modelling, seeing as how XP is more reliable with heavy apps. I want to have something like this: One partition in FAT32 for Win98SE,

DOS6/DOS7/BasicLINUX or Pygmy multi-boot
Clive Dove chd...@rogers.com alt os linux alt os linux mandrake comp os linux misc linux redhat Ghost wrote: Hello everybody, I have a multi-boot problem that I can't resolve... I found many posts about multi-hd boot but none about a single hd! This is my HD layout (hde because I have an ATA100 drive): - hde1 with

Multi-OS Boot Managers / Partitioning Utilities
mzik m...@hotmail.co.il microsoft public windows mediacenter On my pc I have 1 hard disk with 5 folders cg On c: win98se, e:xp pro g: another xp pro All worked ok till there were some problems with the 98 and I reinstalled it After installing the 98 I coudnt boot into the Xp's After some work I can boot into the

Multi-Boot ueber Bios?
snip ------------------------------- [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Floppy -> Drive 0, Part 1, Windows XP d0" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Floppy -> Drive 0,