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Thread ID: 65733 2006-01-28 22:25:00 Dualboot Xp Pro/98SE aidanmaz (7180) Press F1
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425009 2006-01-28 22:25:00 i have a pc, with windows Xp Pro ona 40gig HDD, 512MB of RAM and a 900mHz celeron. I also have a 20gig HDD which is blank and i wish 2 put 98se on it. is this possible? because i dont wanna have 2 uninstall XP and clear that HDD cos it has alot of stuff which does not fit on CDs or anything Any ideas? aidanmaz (7180)
425010 2006-01-28 22:40:00 SURE its possible you'll just need to set up a third party boot manager program afterwards.........like 'bootUS' or similar...........also you'll need to run the xp drive as a slave or unplug it while you insall 98 cause 98 will only install to 'c' drive...... drcspy (146)
425011 2006-01-28 23:01:00 When I first started using linux........

I had
xp installed on primary master
linux installed on secondary master

Of course you need 2 seperate ide channels ( you cant use master / slave configuration) on your Motherboard for this to work, I havent tried it with Sata and Ide combination.

I then used the BOIS to change the boot order depending on the os I wanted to use.

A more risky way ( I haven't tried this ) is to install 98 on the secound disk then manually configure the xp boot loader to give you the 98 and xp boot option on startup of the machine (someone a while back published details on how to modify the xp bootloader for linux, it shouldnt be too hard to modify those instructions for 98, do a forum search).

If you use the last method remember the value of backups, then do one before proceeding
beama (111)
425012 2006-01-29 00:15:00 Try this page www.dougknox.com it shows you how to install 98 after XP. It works as I have done it many times, just print out the page so you can read it as you install. :thumbs: intel hunter (6666)
425013 2006-01-29 02:25:00 I have to ask, why do you want Win98Se? you would nearly have to hold a gun at my head to make me put that back on my PC. Battleneter (60)
425014 2006-01-29 02:46:00 some apps just WONT run on xp........ drcspy (146)
425015 2006-01-29 03:25:00 Try this page www.dougknox.com it shows you how to install 98 after XP. It works as I have done it many times, just print out the page so you can read it as you install. :thumbs:

Handy link intel
beama (111)
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