Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 07:22:18 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB]
At 01:16 PM 2/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 03:06:30 +0700 >From: <[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. > >Nope, it's not that simple. > >Win'98 can see my entire 30GB HDD without any overlay. >If I used it to write to the partitions beyond 8GB, I'd expect them to >become corrupt. Actually that too isn't *quite* correct. Even Win95OSR2 can *see* past there but with the exception of partition editing tools, if you're likely to corrupt things it won't let you write there. Either way though, how much extra effort is it to put an overlay on given things can go pear shaped with equal ease either way? At least an overlay has been tested to work well with these dual boots (Win98SE/RedHat 6.2 here for instance, NT4 coming soon). >I'm asking if there's a way to deliberately prevent Win'95/98 seeing the >partitions, but which would not prevent Win'2K seeing the whole drive (I'm >thinking it ought to be automatic, whichever OS you choose to boot, gets to >see what is appropriate). That would seem a little strange to me ... after all, the point of a dual boot is to let 2 OS's access portions of the same data no? - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
