.. I don't think NT can be installed with a FAT32
boot partition. It won't even know Win98 is there
since it can't read the partition. You have to
have FAT.
Kent
--- Erik Sojka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There *is* that pesky little problem of NT not being
> able to read FAT32
> drives, however. Otherwise, smooth sailing!!
>
> What you should really do, is install Win98 to the
> primary partition, and NT
> to another partition. Installing NT second will
> allow it to properly set
> the dual boot menu to include Win98.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Winzenz
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 12:42 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: RE: Dual booting NT with Windows 98 on a
> FAT32 partition
> >
> >
> > More details. Are you wanting to set up NT in the
> same
> > partition as 98?
> > Either way, it shouldn't be hard. Just make sure
> they are in
> > different
> > directories and it won't write over your stuff.
> >
> > Ben Winzenz, MCSE
> > Network/Systems Administrator
> > Peregrine Systems, Inc.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Bachelder
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 12:14 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Dual booting NT with Windows 98 on a
> FAT32 partition
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a laptop with a large drive (30GB) that has
> Windows 98
> > on a FAT32
> > partition of about 10GB and the other 20GB has
> Ghost images
> > for backups and
> > some testing scenarios. I would love to be able
> to repartition this
> > machine so I can add NT to this machine but I'm
> not sure of
> > the best way to
> > do this without losing the 98 setup.
> PartitionMagic 4.0 was
> > initially used
> > to setup the drives on this machine so that is
> available to me.
> >
> > Has anyone done this or seen any good
> documentation on how to
> > accomplish
> > this without losing my 98 configuration?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kevin Bachelder
> >
> >
>
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