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In article <l7+JehAeyQI5EAql@heaven.co.uk>, Jason <news.posting@news.hea
ven.co.uk> writes
>In article <f8wq4LAGK6G5EwNC@ch-w.demon.co.uk>, John Chapple <jc@ch-
>w.demon.co.uk> writes
>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.
>
>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).

No, usually people install W98 on a Fat32 boot partition, then try to
install NT4! Doesn't work using the conventional methods. (Will work
with W2000).
>
>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?

Thats right, W98 doesn't see NTFS partitions

>
>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?

Yes, but before that take a copy of the first sector as mentioned in the
FAQ, then set the first partition back to active & copy the copy to c:\
then add something like:
C:\bootsec.fil="Boots W98"
to boot.ini

For instance I've got, on one machine, one disk three primary
partitions, NTFS, FAT32 & Fat16, my boot loader loads from the first
partition & gives me the option to loader NT, W98 or WFWG using
bootsector copies to load the alternative primaries.
>
>>YMMV  
>
>Your Microsoft May Vary?

<g>
-- 
John Chapple