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dual booting xp and 3.1
Name: Hme057 Date: February 12, 2006 at 10:50:12 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro, Windows X CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 64 4000+, 1.5 Product: Gateway
Comment:
okay, i've tested 3x on my system before and it works, but now i have a dual boot of windows XP pro and media center, what i was wondering is how i can place 3x on my 3rd partition and force it to boot using the boot.ini file. Can this be done or will i need another boot manager?
Name: GX1 Man Date: February 12, 2006 at 10:56:33 Pacific
Reply:
You need to load the oldest Windows FIRST, in this case 3.1, then add the other operating systems, or use a program like Partition Magic to make a space for it.
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Response Number 2
Name: name Date: February 12, 2006 at 11:04:33 Pacific
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Whenhoed 3xx.x.x.x is NOT an operating system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Response Number 3
Name: GX1 Man Date: February 12, 2006 at 11:29:53 Pacific
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Well, of course not. I assumed he knew that DOS had to be loaded first since he said he had done it before.
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Response Number 4
Name: franki Date: February 12, 2006 at 11:31:55 Pacific
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Actually you have to install MS-DOS5 or 6 first prior to installing w3.x. MS-DOS is required to be on the first primary partition ie C: DRIVE (FAT16). If you GOOGLE you will find boot managers, this should enable you to trick MS-DOS into thinking it is on the correct primary partition
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Response Number 5
Name: KasMage15 Date: February 24, 2006 at 09:46:15 Pacific
Reply:
Edit your BOOT.INI to add your DOS partition. The DOS line should look something like this:
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