I'm trying to triple boot Windows 95 OSR2, NT4 SP6a, and 2000 SP4 on a very old computer. I installed 95 first, then NT4, then 2000. After I installed Windows 2000, I couldn't start NT4. Win95 still works. I thought Windows 2000 was supposed to automatically detect NT4 during installation.
I set up the drives like so
20GB
Partition 1 - 2GB FAT 16 - Win95
Partition 2 - 4.2GB NTFS - NT4
Partition 3 - 13.4GB NTFS - W2K10GB
Partition 1 - NTFS - Addition storage space.So I added NT4 to the boot.ini file, but when I select it in the OS menu, I get the message that NTOSKRNL is missing from Windows 2000 root/system32.
However, I checked both the NT4 and 2000 system32 folders, and NTOSKRNL is not missing from either. What am I doing wrong?
I suspect that you have a problem in boot.in.
Post the contents f you need help with this.
boot.ini: [boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows NT4 Workstation"
C:\="Microsoft Windows 95"
I believe this is correct: [boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows NT4 Workstation"
C:\="Microsoft Windows 95"rdisk(0) should be 0 except for some SCSI drives.
Unlike the other specifications, partition numbers start at 1.
Windows 2000 will be the default OS.
Works great now! Thanks a million LMiller!
Presumably you also installed NT sp-4 - prior to installing W2K? When W2K goes in it converts any ntfs files/partitions made by NT4 it finds to the W2K version; which is slightly different... And without sp-4 being installed "before" W2K goes in... NT will not be able to see/access teh now converted ntfs areas it once could... And I seem to recall thatyou cannot install sp-4 to NT afterwards and hope it will work, and enable NT4 to see/access W2K ntfs areas - as it won't...
Quite why W2K didn't find and add NT4 to its (W2K) boot.in etc. during setup - is beyond me at this time; it certainly ought to have done so.
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