Interested in 9x XP Dual Boot

[aztec]

I'm able to google a vast amount of info on this if you partition your HDD but can't find anything other than a chance mention here and there  about dual booting with two seperate HDDs. I know it can be done but can't find out how. If anyone could help it might even get me back in the game:eek:

 Thx in advance, aztec

[StarOfAfrica2]

You dont want to do it on one hard drive.  You can, but it's a pain.  Much easier to run 2 HDs.  Have your Win9x HD setup first.  Hook up the second HD and begin the XP install.  It will detect the previous Windows and when you tell it to install on the other HD it will setup your dual boot for you IIRC.  I did this for quite awhile until my Win9x HD crashed and I lost everything I was saving 9x for in the first place.  



If I may ask, what is the reason that XP is holding you back from running AH?  While I was hesitant to give up my Win98 for the longest time, there really isnt anything I've found from 98 that wont work on XP.

[aztec]

Thx for th advice SOA. The reason is after my last build I went from Me to XP, so of course now I can't program my CH anolog gear. I want to dual boot so that I can use speedkeys again.

[aztec]

Another question comes to mind Star, my system is based on a Gigabyte K8NS MB, and AMD 64 3000+. Can you tell me if my 64 bit processor would be compatible with a 32 bit OS?
Thx again, az

PS Anyone out there who still has a copy of the CHjoy98beta drivers?

[Ghosth]

I'm running dual boot.

2 points really to watch.

A You must setup 98 first! Either seperate hard drives, or partition the hard drive you have. I'm useing a 200 gig WD with 3 partitions. 40 gig for win98, and 2 80 gig's. D has Xp home and E is storage at this point.

B Don't let windows "upgrade" your current windows.
Force it to install to a new dir on 2nd drive/partition.
Personally I stuck with fat32 for all drives. Just makes it so 98 can see XP drives etc. Which btw is very handy if you get a nasty virus/spyware in XP.

You can boot to 98, and clean house on it.

Windows Annoyances.org is single best site I've found for info on dual booting.

[aztec]

Great info Gosth!

Are there disadvantages to running XP in Fat32?

Thx again old friend and !

[Roscoroo]

fat 32 vs ntfs   the ntfs is a better file system and reads alittle faster (not really noticable ) and it will play the newest games .

the problem with one format as 32 and the other as ntfs is ...the fat 32 (win98) cant read the ntfs or swap files  so they have to bolth be in fat 32 .

[aztec]

Ok Thx Roscoroo...I'm having a problem right off the bat though, when booting to the 98SE CD It loads the cd drives, and then displays the message " Scanning PCI Bus using mechanism #2.... " And then the computer locks. If anybody could help me with this I sure would appreciate it.  Thank you!

My system is as follows;
Gigabyte K8NS Socket 939
AMD 64 3000+
ATI Radeon  9800 Pro
SB Live mp3+
1 gig DDR 3200 ram

[Roscoroo]

did ya fully load w98 1st with all the drivers ect for mb ? and is the config (clocking) stable ?

my 64bit pc is running y2kpro and xp in dual so im not shure whats  up .

[Kev367th]

Originally posted by aztec
Ok Thx Roscoroo...I'm having a problem right off the bat though, when booting to the 98SE CD It loads the cd drives, and then displays the message " Scanning PCI Bus using mechanism #2.... " And then the computer locks. If anybody could help me with this I sure would appreciate it.  Thank you!

My system is as follows;
Gigabyte K8NS Socket 939
AMD 64 3000+
ATI Radeon  9800 Pro
SB Live mp3+
1 gig DDR 3200 ram

Grab a basic Windows 98 bootup disk form the web.
Edit the config.sys file and remove  the entries for scanning the SCSI bus.
Use this to boot the PC then run the setup file on the Windows CD.

You will probably have to edit the config.sys file on the bootdisk, comment out the appropriate 5 lines -

comment out the 5 SCSI lines by adding a 'rem' at the start of the line as follows -

rem device=aspi2dos.sys
rem device=aspi8dos.sys
rem device=aspi4dos.sys
rem device=aspi8u2.sys
rem device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001

Edit it with notepad, make sure when you save it is set to 'All Files' and you save as config.sys .

Problem is caused by Win98 not realisng that some of the newer devices in you system are not SCSI but problably IDE raid, or SATA.
So when it tries to scan the bus it craps out.

[Kev367th]

Even easier -

Goto - http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Grab the "Windows 98SE Custom, no ramdrive" NOT the "OEM" bootdisk (Mirror 2 is live).

You will need a blank floppy to extract the downloaded exe file onto.

Boot with this disk, watch for the CDROM drive letter being assigned.

Once in DOS

Type -
: (hit enter) for example D:
cd win98 (hit enter)
setup (hit enter)

[aztec]

More great stuff...thx so much guys, gonna start building Frankenpute in the morning.

[Ghosth]

Biggest problem I had with my new system was finding Win98 Motherboard drivers.

[aztec]

Well I managed to get it to dual boot...had to partition one drive because both my spares now appear to be junk.

For some reason can't get my SBLive to work in 98 even though I got the drivers...and 98 will not recognize my Combatstick. Gonna keep pressing on and happy to hear any comments/advice. You guys have been a great help and got me much further down the trail. Thx and !, az:)

[Roscoroo]

screamsssssssssssssss gods i cant stand XP .... frak  3 hrs and no net connect .....   never mind   dammmmmmmmmmmm back to 98 se for my gammer .. at least it doesnt BLOW up  every time i install it  


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