Hi
31 Dec 2000, Barry Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BK> Here again is what I want to try:
BK> 1) > 8GB SCSI HD with multiple primary partitions, some for WIN and
BK> one for DOS.
why multiple primary partitions ??
DOSish (DOS, Win9x/ME) OSes see only 1 primary partition.
Why not use the win98 partition for everything ??
BK> 2) Logical D: at an address above 8GB on the hard drive, 16 bit FAT,
BK> shared with any running primary partition.
with win98 dos7.10 no problem.
BK> 3) Want to back up my existing DOS 6 partition (except for DOS 6
BK> stuff), re-format that partition to 32 bit FAT (with Partition Magic),
BK> install WIN98's DOS7 and then restore the backup to that partition.
why not make a win98 bootdisk,
boot from it, sys the dos 6 partition with it, and than use the fat16->
fat32 converter. (or part. magic, to convert to fat32)
you wouldn't need the backup and the format
BK> 4) Goal is to be able to run SWEEP, LIST, VIEW, WIN3.11, PKZIP, etc.
BK> etc., plus all DOS shareware, commercial programs and WIN3.1
BK> applications that I am now running with DOS 6.22. But, now have 32
BK> bit FAT and able to access shared D: logical partition at location
BK> that is higher than 8GB into HD memory map.
you could do all this in win98
eg. use bootgui=0 will boot into dos 7.10 (with support for everything you
need)
for win98 do cd win98 , win
for win31 install it, and do a cd win31, win
The only thing you are not allowed to do, is to use low level utilities
like defrag, this would destroy the long filenames.
If your partition is greater than 2 GB, than some old utilities will show a
maximum of 2 GB free diskspace, but this is only a cosmetical issue.
BK> Anybody been down this road?
yes
BK> Thanks, Barry.
CU, Ricsi
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