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In article <f8wq4LAGK6G5EwNC@ch-w.demon.co.uk>, John Chapple <jc@ch-
w.demon.co.uk> writes

[snip description of linux windows multi-boot.]

>Haven't tried this with linux, but if you've got the above to work
>(seperately) then you should be able to get this to work using Nt's boot
>loader boot.ini & copying the first sector of the disk to a file using
>debug, maybe boot off a floppy with debug on, with hda1 set to active,
>then save the file to floppy? 

Ah.  This comes close to addressing a wee problemette I have at the
moment.  Machine with a 9GB U2 SCSI disk, with 3 NTFS partitions and one
FAT partition.  Arranged as 
 
4GB  NTFS Windows NT Boot "C:" (under NT)  ACTIVE
     multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
     /dev/sda1
4GB  NTFS Windows NT Data "D:" (under NT)
     multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)
     /dev/sda5?
.5GB NTFS Windows NT Swap "E:" 
     multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)
     /dev/sda6
.6GB FAT formatted by NT "F:"     
     multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)
     /dev/sda7

NT is installed already, but there clearly isn't enough gaming support
for NT :-)  So the object is to install 98 into the final partition,
then get NTs boot loader to choose between operating systems.

>More information on using debug that way in "I have Windows 98 installed
>on C: with FAT32, how do I install NT?" in the NTFAQ, www.ntfaq.com (you
>can download a copy in helpfile format, probably quite useful if you're
>going to be using NT)

According to at least one FAQ answer on www.ntfaq.com, NT and 98 cannot
co-exist without the "active" partition being a common filesystem (i.e.
FAT, to all intents and purposes).

I assume, however, that setting the final FAT partition to be active,
then booting with a Win98 install disk (or perhaps off SCSI CD-ROM?)
would enable me to install Win98 into this final partition.  After all,
as far as any FS loaded with Win98 is concerned the SCSI disk wouldn't
have any other partitions but the FAT one, would it?

Anyroad-up.  From here, a quick boot into NT via a convenient NT boot
disk, and a journey down Disk Administrator road to re-set partition one
as active should restore the booting prowess of the NT system, no?

Then it should be as simple as dicking around with boot.ini?  To say
something like ...

[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\NT4="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\NT4="Windows NT Workstation Version
4.00 [VGA mode]" 
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\="Microsoft Windows"           ??

>YMMV  

Your Microsoft May Vary?