Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 05:16:34 +0700 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
> Ya got me ;-) > > Maybe for paranoid freaks that want to be able to boot to Win98 if > Win2K dies (oh wait, I'm normally one of those paranoid freaks, > I always partition 2Gig FAT for Win95/98 so I can boot to DOS if > necessary). I'm the same, hence I've still got my intact Win'98/4.3GB HDD - but apart from going back to retrieve my e-mail rules from the registry, I've never needed it. My boot-to-DOS option is as follows:- Start || Settings || Control Panel || System System Properties || Advanced || Startup and Recovery System startup -- Default operating system = [Microsoft Windows 2000 Pro..." /fastdetect] -- Display List of operating systems for: = [checked] seconds: = [2] So when I boot, I get the option (just for 2 seconds) to intervene, before it proceeds with Win'2K automatically. If I take the Win'98 option... because I don't have Win'98 installed... it boots instantaneously to a fully-functional DOS prompt (although I've never actually needed it). And of course I can boot to DOS from a floppy too... > I always partition 2Gig FAT for Win95/98 so I can boot to DOS if > necessary). You mean 2Gig Fat16? My first 8GB is Fat32... DOS appears to see that no problem (in fact, it sees all the partitions - ie the entire 30GB) - could I have some problem with that on the first (8GB) partition? Is the FAT16 strategy safer/better for some reason? ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
