Re: How to install Win98 on a W2K system to dual boot?

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Hello Pegasus,

I am the OP and I finally got around to following your instructions but
have run into problems.

I installed Windows98 on D:. That worked out fine. Then I booted to Dos
Prompt (F8) and ran Bootpart as you suggested.

The first command ran fine:

bootpart winnt boot:C:


The second:

bootpart c:\win98.sys "Windows 98"

gave an "Error in Parameter".

So, I tried to be clever and ran the command without the space in
between the final two parameters:

bootpart c:\Win98.sys"Windows 98"

That seemed to take.

Now when I boot, I get a dual-boot menu. Win2K boots fine but when I
select Win98, the system freezes with this error:

I/O Error accessing boot sector file
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\BOOTSECT.DOS

Can you suggest some remedial meaure? I've tried rerunning bootpart
commands after booting to C: prompt from a Win98 boot disk but the same
thing happens.

Note that both C: are FAT32 partitions (30 and 20 GB respectively).

For what its worth, here are the before and after versions of BOOT.INI:

Before ------------------------
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
------------------------------

After -----------------------
[Boot Loader]
timeout=30
Default=C:\

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
--------------------------------

Obviously, the second bootpart command needs to be rerun. I can restore
the old BOOT.INI, and run the two commands again after using a Win98
boot disk to boot.

Can you please supply the correct syntax for the second command.

Thanks for your help.

G. Amik

.

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