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XP Boot Manager
Name: jistheone Date: December 2, 2001 at 13:57:46 Pacific
Comment:
Hey there! I have Win98 running on my first HD and WinXP/Linux on a second partinioned HD with the following problem: I want to use the XP Boot Manager, but it can't boot my Win98 for some reason. In the XP boot.ini is a line saying C:\="Windows 98" which should do the job. Do I have to put in C:\bootsect.doc="Windows 98" instead as for Linux?
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