More then dual-boot??

[GeForce]

Is it possible to have...lets say, operating systems?

Windows 98-SE, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP pro??

[qmul]

no reason why not. my friend has win2k, win98 and linux multi booting before xmas working fine.

[Nick_B]

I've run dual-boots fo 98, NT workstation, and NT server. The same type of technique can be applied for 2K/XP.

[Indus]

Yes its very possible although I think you're limited to 4 different operating systems on one hard drive so if you want 5 different o/s's, you might have to use 2 hard drives.

[Nick_B]

Originally posted by Indus
Yes its very possible although I think you're limited to 4 different operating systems on one hard drive so if you want 5 different o/s's, you might have to use 2 hard drives.

This may be correct, but I don't think so. You are limited to 4 primary partitions on one harddrive. However, AFAIK you can run most OS happily off of an extended/logical partition.

[Wollington]

I had windows 95, 2k, XP and Linux Mandrake (8 or 8.1) on for about a week at the end of last year. Oh and don't forget good ol' DOS

[arcane_III]

Originally posted by GeForce
Is it possible to have...lets say, operating systems?

Windows 98-SE, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP pro??

Yes it is possible although you will probabally want to use something like BootMagic and Partition Magic to keep all the OS's from seeing each other.

[dudephil]

Originally posted by arcane_III


Yes it is possible although you will probabally want to use something like BootMagic and Partition Magic to keep all the OS's from seeing each other.

You won't need a Partition program to keep the oses from seeing each other. Just use fdisk and create a seperate partition for each OS. They'll never know that there is another OS on your system.

[Nick_B]

Originally posted by dudephil
You won't need a Partition program to keep the oses from seeing each other. Just use fdisk and create a seperate partition for each OS. They'll never know that there is another OS on your system.

If I boot 98 and 2K and I make a partition for each, 2K is going to see 98. If 2K is FAT32, then 98 will see it as well. I believe that the suggestion was to use a bootmanager that will actually hide the partitions so you don't much up your other OSes while in one of them.

[arcane_III]

Originally posted by Nick_B


If I boot 98 and 2K and I make a partition for each, 2K is going to see 98. If 2K is FAT32, then 98 will see it as well. I believe that the suggestion was to use a bootmanager that will actually hide the partitions so you don't much up your other OSes while in one of them.

Exactly. If you use a bootmanager like Bootmagic you can hide the partions from each other. With BootMagic I think this is done by having more than one boot partition, and the other boot partitions don't see each other. Or something like that, I may have have process goofed up somewhat though.

[dudephil]

I'm still not understanding what the problem is. I know that NTFS can see FAT32 but what is the problem?It still doesn't say "Hey, theres another OS", it just says,"hey I can access those files". Would you not keep all secure data on an NTFS partition since you can encrypt and secure it file and folder level?Just because 2k can see the files on the 98 partition doesn't mean it will corrupt the OS. It will just have access to the files.I don't use partition programs other than fdisk and have had 4 oses on my comp at once. Never had a problem with one corrupting the other.

[bras0782]

Originally posted by Nick_B


This may be correct, but I don't think so. You are limited to 4 primary partitions on one harddrive. However, AFAIK you can run most OS happily off of an extended/logical partition.

I have 98 on my primary and Win2k on my extended/logical partition. Is there any difference in having Win2k on a primary or extended/logical partition?

[downtime]

The machine I'm on right now has 2k, 98, nt4 server, 2k advanced server, xp pro, slackware, debian, beos, and mandrake 8.1 and 8.2. I use www.xosl.org for the boot manager, but I point it to the second hdd bootsector for the ntloader choice of nt4server, 2k advanced server, and xp pro. It was just less hassle that way. Xosl installs ranish and sbm with it, great tools, all free. I'm posting from mandrake8.2 right now, which I began installing about an hour ago. The latest release of ranish allows 31 primary partitions, I believe, and also has a boot manager.

[Indus]

Originally posted by downtime
The machine I'm on right now has 2k, 98, nt4 server, 2k advanced server, xp pro, slackware, debian, beos, and mandrake 8.1 and 8.2. I use www.xosl.org for the boot manager, but I point it to the second hdd bootsector for the ntloader choice of nt4server, 2k advanced server, and xp pro. It was just less hassle that way. Xosl installs ranish and sbm with it, great tools, all free. I'm posting from mandrake8.2 right now, which I began installing about an hour ago. The latest release of ranish allows 31 primary partitions, I believe, and also has a boot manager.

31 active bootable partitions huh? *defenitely feels the need to invest in Terrabyte drives* :rolleyes:

[patssle]

max iv ever had is 2x 98, xp and mandrake.

works fine. all on 1 hardrive btw, my 60 gigger.