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Old August 28th 04, 02:30 AM
AlleyCat
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Default Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

Al
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Old August 29th 04, 03:34 AM
Dodge
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The only way to have more than one OS without having some
kind of bootloader or having to have a floppy to boot
them up, is to have Separate Hard drives setup on a
switch. Each drive will have its own MBR and you will not
be able to see the other drive from one OS to the other.

Other than that, I am unaware of anyway to install OS's
on a dual boot system without having some kind of
bootloader. Whether it be XP's, a 3rd party, or a Floppy.


-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of

Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along

with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and

not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP,

it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to

bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

Al
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Old August 29th 04, 08:08 AM
jubalsams
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My system is set up with 6 OS and no boot loader. The OS
to boot into is set within each OS ... say i in 98 and i
want XP next reboot then switch active primary and
reboot ... presto.

Each OS must go into it's own primary partition and
because there can only be 3 primarys if you want a logical
chain of extendeds ... 3 OS's per HDD.

Take if you want 3 OS : make 3 primarys and then an
extended partition with a few logicals in it. Now hide two
of the primarys ... boot and install. Do this for each
primary .... you now have 3 OS. Only problem left is to
select the active (unhidden) partition for next boot. This
can be done with GDISK/GDISK32 or pqbw on my sys i have 2
HDD so i set it up for 6 OS but it don't work great and
fails for networked boot from second drive when all
primarys are hidden/inactive on first HDD.

What is really slick with this method is that using ghost
one can switch an image in a primary in about 5 min ... so
any number of OS can play with. Install it ... image it
and place another image there at will.

Best
 




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