Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 12:40:11 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin McClelland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
> Would it be possible to have a Win'2K/Win'95 dual boot setup (or > Win'2K/Win'98) where Win'2K has access to all the partitions on a > "big" HDD, but Win'95/98 just sees the BIOS-accessible 8GB and is > prevented from accessing the rest? > > I'm thinking the first 8Gb could be regarded as the space in which > all "shared" data must go, the remainder would be Win'2K exclusive data (and > you wouldn't need to do the overlay thing). It might be possible. I never tried it myself, but it would seem to make sense. With no overlay Win9x should be limited to just the 8gb portion, and never see the Win2k install or the rest of the drive. However, I do not know if Win95 might make changes to the FAT system that could potentially interfere with Win2K, since they are basically seeing different drives. With an overlay running, I would think that kind of activity would be controlled through the overlay, and thus prevent damage to the FAT. I am not certain on that, but it seems that it may happen. I think I used to have problems with the FAT on my old HDD with both Win95 and Win2K every once in a while when I ran a disk scan, but my memory may be failing me. Plus I had both OS running on a 2.1gb HDD on the same partition. Strange that they were able to peacefully (for the most part) co-exist. ------------------------------------------------- Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
