Re: Windows 98 + Windows XP + Ubuntu Linux

From: Lenard (Lenard_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 08/30/05 

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:47:52 GMT

Impro Fane wrote:

> 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.

Which is correct, does this choice allow you to choose either Windows 98
and Windows XP?

> The Windows 98 one doesn't work when selected.

Are you saying from the Windows bootloader you cannot boot Windows 98?

> 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.

OK, but it will take some work...

GRUB needs to be reinstalled and both Windows 98 and Windows XP needs to
be (re)installed on primary partions (both need to be hidden from the
other).

> 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.

This is possible but will require lots of additional work. Windows (both
Windows 98 and Windows XP) uses it's own bootloader and the switches
needed are not possible from the GRUB bootloader.

> 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?

Show us the output of;
(for IDE) fdisk -l /dev/hda
(for SCSI) fdisk -l /dev/sda

That's the letter 'L' and not the number one in the commands above. 

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