Windows 98 + Windows XP + Ubuntu Linux

From: Impro Fane (improfane_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/30/05

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    Date: 30 Aug 2005 10:24:09 -0700

    I'm still having problems getting my triple boot to work.

    My partitions are like this at the moment:

    hd0,0: FAT32: GRUB, Windows 98 [boot]
    hd0,1: Unallocated
    hd0,2: FAT32: Windows XP
    hd0,3: ReiserFS: Ubuntu Linux
    hd0,4: Linux Swap
    hd0,5: Unallocated

    When I boot up I get the GRUB menu, Ubuntu works fine from there.
    Windows XP starts Windows' boot loader, from boot.ini - There is
    another Windows XP option and a Windows 98.

    The Windows 98 one doesn't work when selected.

    My question is, if Windows 98 is installed on the boot partition : how
    do I boot into it in GRUB AND in boot.ini.

    I want my grub to be like this:
    Ubuntu
    Windows XP
    Windows 98
    Windows [Boot Switches]

    I want to be able to boot straight into Windows XP and Windows 98 from
    GRUB without having to go through Windows' boot.ini boot loader.

    However, I want the Windows [Boot Switches] to, and it'll just be a
    place I can put alternate boot modes - such as safe mode.

    In QTParted, I can't seem to change the file systems of the unallocated
    space, does this mean the partition/space is unusable? or is it because
    there is FS around it?

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