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Two NT4 on the same HD

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Name: max
Date: September 6, 2002 at 01:56:19 Pacific
OS: NT4
CPU/Ram: pentium 233Mhz
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I have to install NT4 server & NT4 workstation on the same HD and I have already installed the NT4 server, how can I create a new partition and have a dual boot menù?
Thanx in advance for your helping.
Cheers max



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Response Number 1
Name: Pat
Date: September 6, 2002 at 06:06:10 Pacific
Reply:

I would use partition magic
to create another NTFS or FAT
partition. And then install win nt worksation


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Response Number 2
Name: max
Date: September 6, 2002 at 07:38:28 Pacific
Reply:

Thanx for your reply, I know partition magic and i have created a new partition but then I can't use boot magic to manage the two partition........have you another metod?


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Response Number 3
Name: trvlr
Date: September 6, 2002 at 09:15:25 Pacific
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Providing the 'new' partition is not beyond the 4Gig barrier (physically) on the drive... just run NTWS setup as normal (3 floppies - or CD boot if allowed) and point it to the new partition. Ideally (during setup) change the default " winnt " to perhaps " winntws " (no " ") so as to clearly differentiate it from the Server winnt i/d in all boot info etc...

You will have the dual-boot by default.

Workstation can go in as fat16 (max 4Gig); and as ntfs - and can be larger than 4Gig. (if partition is an Extended partition, or is a logical-drive).

You can use Server (Disk Admin) to preformat the partition as fat16/ntfs if you wish; or leave it to Workstation setup to do it.

Before hand - just to be safe... - make a fresh ERD for Server; renew ERD once Workstation installed.

The 4Gig issue mentioned above is the NT boot-code boundary; NT will not boot if the partition (be it Primary/Extended) is beyond the 4Gig barrier on the drive; i.e. the max space ahead of it (used/unused) must not exceed 4Gig (idealy a little less).

If the intended partition is another Primary, and you make it active prior to installing Workstation, then it will/should detect Server and add it to the Workstation boot.ini (in that Primary) - thus givning the dual-boot. If you run leave Server Primary active and run workstation setup from there (3 floppies/CD boot) then it will effectively add itself to the boot.ini and give the dual-boot; it will also replace the existing boot/start-up files with its version (they're the same really).

Usually... Workstation would go in first; but there shouldn't be any problems the other way round.


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Response Number 4
Name: max
Date: September 9, 2002 at 05:29:17 Pacific
Reply:

Thanx I will try.
Cheers.


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