I have added a vhd file to the bootmgr using bcdedit. When I select Windows 98 from the boot menu it start the Windows 7 error repair utililty. The command prompt text is as follows:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\>bcdedit Windows Boot Manager -------------------- identifier {bootmgr} device partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1 description Windows Boot Manager locale en-US inherit {globalsettings} default {current} resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} displayorder {current} {34263b40-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} toolsdisplayorder {memdiag} timeout 30 Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {current} device partition=C: path \Windows\system32\winload.exe description Windows 7 Enterprise locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {34263b3e-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice partition=C: systemroot \Windows resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} nx OptIn Windows Boot Loader ------------------- identifier {34263b40-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} device vhd=[C:]\VHD\Windows98.vhd path \ description Windows 98 Second Edition locale en-US inherit {bootloadersettings} recoverysequence {34263b3e-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} recoveryenabled Yes osdevice vhd=[C:]\VHD\Windows98.vhd systemroot \Windows resumeobject {34263b3c-2905-11e0-bdcb-86b8967bbe8a} nx OptIn detecthal Yes C:\>
Please help! I do not know what to do to fix the problem.
http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-95/windows-98-and-7/170502.html iMac G5 1.8GHz "Hero" PowerPC
2 x 1GB DDR PC3200 SDRAM
160GB WDC WD1600JD-40GBB2
Mac OS X Leopard Version 10.5.8
I already have Windows 98 SE set up in MS VPC 2007, but it is too slow. Drivers are not a serious problem in this situation. I have also found that native boot from a VHD is supported only for Windows 7 Enterprise/Utlamate and Windows Server 20008 R2. However, if I boot from a partition on a physical hard disk, I need to know what to set as the path in the second boot loader, or it will not boot. I suspect this is one of the following: \system.1st \msdos.sys \Windows\win.com \Windows\himem.sys
It might be something else though. Any help will be greatly appreciated.