Re: help wanted
From: Jagdish Chandra (bobrup51_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/27/04
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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 22:22:47 +0530
Thanks a lot for all of your helping suggestions.
But I think Bob got to the crux of the problem, which cleared some of my
doubts regarding use of multiple disc from same CPU. I will indeed be
grateful if you further clarify my doubt regarding following points:
You have written:
(a) 'You would have to boot from a floppy startup disk to load win98.'
Can't I boot from cd rom drive to load win98.'
(b)'There is cable select which you can use if your computer supports it, or
you will have to use Master, slave or single if it doesn't.'
Will be very much thankful if you further elaborate this point.
Further I would like to partition my 10GB hard disc into two parts for win98
and Linux. Can I do that?
Thanks and regards.
"Bob Noble" <bnoble@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:eV1g5WF1EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> See below.
> --
> Bob Noble
> www.sonic.net/bnoble
> "Jagdish Chandra" <bobrup51@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uwnRNZC1EHA.1296@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Last time when I had problem with boot.ini.file, newsgroup was of great
> > help
> > to me.
> > Please help me with my problem this time also.
> > My comp config is P-4, 40GB partitioned in C: D: & E: drive with Windows
> > xp
> > Pro.
> > Now I have a 10GB hard disc, which I would like to utilize for
installing
> > window 98. As I have spare disc with me I dont want to load 98 version
in
> > the older disc.
> > Last time I tried to use my spare disc by disconnecting the old one I
had
> > boot.ini problem.
>
> This should not happen if you set the jumpers on the new drive the same as
> the old drive. You would have an empty drive and have no boot.ini. You
would
> have to boot from a floppy startup disk to load win98.
>
> > Can I simultaneously use both the disc without disconnecting the other
one
> > from the system?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is there a provision for using separate power and cable connector for
the
> > other disc so that I dont have to connect and disconnect every time I
want
> > to use the other one?.
> Yes, there is usually another power plug or you can get a Y connector to
> extend if you have to. There is a posibility of having four IDE drives on
> the sytem. So, you have two cables in there with two sockets for a drive
on
> each.
> If you only have one cable, you should have another socket for the other
> cable which you can purchase if you don't have one. Otherwise, you need to
> learn about jumper settings on drives. There is cable select which you can
> use if your computer supports it, or you will have to use Master, slave or
> single if it doesn't. Jumper settings are everything when you want to mess
> with drive installations. Do some research on jumper setting for hard
> drives. If the drive doesn't work when trying to install it, it is likely
> jumper settings, provided you hooked up the data cable properly.
>
>
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