how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist

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Name: neversetsun
Date: March 9, 2005 at 23:30:08 Pacific
Subject: how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist
OS: dos622
CPU/Ram: celeron 375M

Comment:

How can I make win98 and dos6.22 coexist on my hard disk which I can choose an OS from a boot menu to boot from??

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Response Number 1

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 10, 2005 at 00:30:14 Pacific
Subject: how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist

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You need a 'boot manager'
M2

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Response Number 2

Name: wizard-fred
Date: March 10, 2005 at 00:45:42 Pacific
Subject: how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist

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To coexist, do you mean boot and run independently, without needing to share data?
You will need boot floppies for all the operating systems you are installing. You will need software to partition the hard drive (FDISK will not work). I use Partition Magic. You will need multi-boot software. I use Boot Magic (part of Partition Magic). The are free software that does the same functions Ranish Partition Manager for partitioning and XOXL for multi-booting. (I have not used them.)
On an empty drive (1) create a primary partition for DOS of no more than 2GB, (2) create a primary partition for Windows, (3) make the DOS partition active and hide the Windows partition, (4) format the DOS partition and install DOS, (5) make the Windows active and hide the DOS partition, (6) install Windows, (9) install the Boot Manager (In this case in the Windows partition).
Depending upon the Boot Manager it may be installed in either partition, or in another primary partition.
If you want to share data then create Extended partition(s) no bigger than 2G. You can have larger logical partitions but DOS will not be able to read them. Note that DOS cannot read/write long file names.

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Response Number 3

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: March 10, 2005 at 00:55:10 Pacific
Subject: how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist

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w-f,
Good one.
M2

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Response Number 4

Name: Rick McNabb
Date: April 1, 2005 at 13:30:02 Pacific
Subject: how to make 98 and dos 622 coexist

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Boot Manager?? Like Heck!! No boot manager needed.
Install the DOS on the system first in C:\DOS, considering the 2GB partition limit. Then install windows 98 in C:\Windows. Then reference this site
http://www.pchell.com/software/msdos-sys.shtml
on how to edit the MSDOS.SYS file and change the BootMulti option, which will allow you to boot either OS from the Win98 boot menu.
Cheers
You may not have time to search the Internet for your answer. Well, sorry, I may not either.

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