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Re: How to install multiple DOS and WIN98SE?

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Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> wrote:
> That I can do no problem with grub or lilo. I have to *install* them first
> and that is my problem.

If you have Linux and Lilo (or Grub), you have no problem.

This is all done in Linux, except the installations.

Make your partitions. I suggest three primary with size 2GB each and
one extended with the rest of your not too big hard disk. This
extended could be one big FAT32 or several where one is a big FAT32
and others for Linux.

For installation of WIN/DOS on the first partition, set its type to
FAT16 or FAT32 (whatever you prefer) and active. The other primary
ones should be set to the corresponding Hidden FAT16 or FAT32 and not
active.

E. g. IIRC FAT16 is 0x06, hidden FAT16 is 0x16. Check while changing
type in fdisk.

Install on that partition.

For next change the first partition's type to hidden FAT<whatever> and
inactive and the second to (non-hidden) FAT<whatever> and active.

Install on the second partition.

Repeat for the third.


To switch between these three different partitions either:

1. boot Linux (live-cd or on the extended partion) and change the
partition to boot to non-hidden and active and the other three to
hidden and not active and reboot.

2. if you have Linux in the extended partition, you can configure Lilo
to do 1 automatically. IIRC, Grub can as well.

Done.


The reason for the big FAT32 is to be able to exchange information
between the different *DOSes and Linux and if you keep your important
files on it you can easily reinstall the *DOSes if necessary.


HTH.

-- 
MartinS

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Re: How to install multiple DOS and WIN98SE? Martin Str|mberg <ams@dexter.ludd.luth.se> - 2011-03-29 11:55 +0000
  Re: How to install multiple DOS and WIN98SE? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2011-03-30 14:13 +0200
    Re: How to install multiple DOS and WIN98SE? Martin Str|mberg <ams@dexter.ludd.luth.se> - 2011-03-30 13:38 +0000

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