Re: Multi-booting

In article <_U1ag.69600$wl.37866@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pmj
says...
"David" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ed2aa9834385e9d989692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Knowing just how much knowledge there is here [flatter, flatter]
I wonder if anyone can assist with the following:

Well ,it's not just *knowledge* that you will find here!
:-)
It's also actual, *practical* experience of doing various things
like you are doing.

Even better <g>
Following the purchase of a new pooter with XP Home on it

Can you tell us what Make & Model this new PC is?

Built by CCL in Bradford - its not a named one just there most basic
build.

& what (if anything) did you get with it, in the way of Recovery
& Installation CDs?

Full install discs for xp and other sundry driver discs for the 'bits'
that ame with the new pc. Also full disc for 98SE and the other drivers
etc will/may be on the other discs for the 'bits' if not I could search
and install them

Or is all that sort of stuff just in a (possibly Hidden) Partition
on the Hard Disk?

... I took the old h/d from my old pc and installed it on the new
pooter. The old c: drive had w98SE on it and the drive is now
relabelled as F: and is a slave to the main disc.

[..]

I've generally found taht it's usually better to suss out the way the
Drive Letters are worked out/Assigned by windoze & workk *within* that,
rather than trying to Re-Assign the Drive Letters yourself.

Agreed

I then partitioned the old disc to create G:

Did that Partitioning Delete the stuff on the Disk?
ore did you use a Partitioning *Re*Sizing Utility, so as to keep
the existing stuff?

Partition resizer was used [came with distro] and G: held only working
files which had been backed up just in case it trashed them. I keep OS
separate from working files]

[..]

The boot manager [GRUB] now gives the option of booting to Linux,
XP and 98 BUT as 98 is now on F: it won't boot it.

Yep, that follows.
Linux can only tell the PC what *Partition* to Boot from, it can't
change the way whatever is on that Partition is nInstalled.

... Do I need to reinstall 98 to F: as it is looking for files
on C: [where XP lives]?

Basically, yes.
That would be the simplest & most straightforwards way [*1]

Thought so

I'm a little fearful that windows will take over any reinstall and
attempt to write 98 to c: and screw up XP.

It's good to be wary about that sort of thing & to think about
what's involved (as you are) *before* you jump straight in!
:-)

Yes, w9x *will* trample all over the (Boot Sectors of the) Disks!

I guessed as much

[..]

Then, when W9x is Installed, you will find it has wiped out the Boot
Files for your WinXP Installation!
But it won't have actually wiped out all the other bits of it.

So...
All you have to do is to Re-Instate the WinXP Boot Files & it will
then Dual Boot between them both.

Ok, thats what I sort of thought. I'm inclined just to leave it as it
stands on the boot loader menu and not do anything with it. I know how
long it can take to install OS and bits for 98 and can only imagine that
sorting out XP will be at least as bad. Its a 'history thing' really.
Its there and I was mined to use it from time to time but, instead I'll
probably work with just XP and Linux.

I may investigate more fully how to edit GRUB to ignore 98 as an OS to
boot to.


HTH

Indeed it has. Many thnaks

--
David
.

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