Re: W2K SP4 dual boot problems

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On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:11:16 +0100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<I.can@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:




You now need to create a new file c:\bootsect.dos. You can
do it like so:
1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
2. Type this command:
bootpart.exe win95 c:\bootsect.dos "Windows 98"{Enter}
You can get bootpart.exe from here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm


I've followed these instructions, adding only extra text '2ed' into
the quotations under assumption that this was a text display. There is
no change in boot behavior.

There are still no boot options for W98/W2K shown on normal boot -
loader goes straight into into W98 options screen.


the new boot.ini reads

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=C:\
[operating systems]
C:\="Windows 98 2Ed"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional
SP4" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Recovery Console"
/cmdcons
c:\bootsect.dos="Windows 98 2ed" /win95


Using the crutch floppy, with the newly written boot.ini and
bootsect.dos files loaded, four boot options are listed.

1 - Windows 98 2Ed
2 - Windows 2000 Professional SP4
3 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Recovery Console
4 - Windows 98 2ed

The only valid boot option is still (2) for W2K SP4.
Options (1) or (4) still give invalid system disk errors if
bootsect.dos is present in the crutch disk, and I/O error accessing
boot sector file on floppy if bootsect.dos is absent.
Option (3) still reports missing ntoskrnl.exe

Booting into W2k, I was unable to locate the boot order instruction
dialog window, via the Windows help file index, thinking that this
might offer alternatives. I know the dialog window is there somewhere.


The bootpart.exe screen read:

Physical number of disk 0 : e497e497
0 : C:* type=c (Win95 Fat32 LBA), size= 78148161 KB, Lba Pos=63
Physical number of disk 1 : 6bfe958e
1 : D:* type=7 (HPFS/NTFS), size= 18434556 KB, Lba Pos=63
2 : D: type=c (Win95 Fat32 LBA), size= 29696152 KB, Lba Pos=36869175
3 : D: type=c (Win95 Fat32 LBA), size= 29696152 KB, Lba Pos=96261480
Boot sector for Windows 95
C:\bootsect.dos written
C:\boot.ini updated

RL
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