Hi Raju,
--- On Sat, 13 May 2000 Raju Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "Biju" == Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Biju> I don't think NTcan boot an extended partition. If you do
> Biju> this you will actually be booting from a single partition,
> Biju> just that your system directory will be on the extended
> Biju> partition. That is, the Win95 partition will be C: for
> Biju> _both_ NT and 95 and NT's system directory will be on
> Biju> D:. I'm not sure how good an idea this is, since some apps
> Biju> (even bits of the OS itself) assume that the system
> Biju> directory will be on the boot partition. IMHO, you'd be
> Biju> safer installing '95 and NT on the same primary partition.
>
> Then how do I choose which one gets booted? Will NTLDR or whatever
> recognise the '95 installation on the same partition and offer to
boot
> it for me?
NTLDR is fairly stupid, but it'll manage this. That's why I suggested
that you should install NT _after_ '95. You could also get it to boot
linux - sort of. You should copy your lilo-fied boot record into a file
and copy it into your NT boot drive, and then add an entry to your NT
boot.ini for it. Lilo would then appear on your NT boot menu along with
NT and '95.
You would probably want to do this for the same reason that you would
put a Maruti 800 engine into a Ferrari -- just for the sheer horror of
it! However, I just thought I'd better add something Linux-related and
anti-M$ so that we don't get lynched by the list for this extremely OT
thread. :-)
regards,
Biju
=====
Biju "Botsie" Chacko
"With men and sex when it's right, it's right and when it's wrong, it's right." -
Fishism
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