Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 20:27:14 -0400 From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
I have XP and I installed Recovery Console, which allows to boot into command prompt even on NTFS partition. I have FAT32, so I can use boot floppy too. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:10 PM Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] > 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 > ************************************************************** > > > ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
