Re: Windows multiboot (aaargh!)
On Thursday 11 September 2003 00:27, Kent West wrote:
> >There are plenty of multiboot HOWTOs, but they all seem to be WinNT +
> >something. I can't find a W95 + W98. Before I start trying to figure
> >out the details, I'd just like to know if I'm chasing an impossibility.
> >Incidentally, I'd probably sit the disk in my old 75MHz 'spare' computer
> > to do the installs so I don't risk munging my Debian system. When
> > it's all set up, I'll pop it into my No 1 Linuxbox and set about tuning
> > GRUB.
> >
> >And, no, I'm not going to let those Windoze partitions anywhere near the
> >modem. ;) No email, no browser. Any internet stuff goes through
> > Debian.
> >
> >cr
>
> IIRC, DOS, Win95, and maybe Win98 insist on being on the first partition
> on the "C:" drive. If you BIOS can trick these OSes into believing
> /dev/hdcx is "C:", you're a bit closer. I don't want to say you're
> "chasing an impossibility", but I think you'll have to come up with
> several kludges to make it work.
Yes, I know. I've read the various multi-boot HOWTOs, which tell how to
trick Windows with kludges, but they're all NT+95+Linux, or NT+98+Linux,
etc.... I couldn't find anything that confirmed 95 and 98 can co-exist.
It now seems this can be done.
cr
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