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Monaco
10-16-01, 11:55 PM
I found an excellent article explaining in-depth how to set up a Multi-boot system. I've seen a few questions about it lately so I thought I'd link it-

Ars Technica's Multi-boot article (http://arstechnica.com/tweak/win2k/others/multiboot-1.html)

ArsTechnica Rocks!
Microsoft
10-17-01, 10:43 AM
or spend 50-70 bucks and get a hd slector like the trios
Monaco
10-17-01, 03:16 PM
That Trios thing WAS pretty cool, I'll admit. But I can achieve the same effect simply by swapping power and ribbon connectors around-for free!:D:D
ve6jhc
10-18-01, 12:02 PM
Win2K has a built in boot manager. Just install Win98 on your system first is it's own partition. Now install Win2K and select new install (not upgrade). Direct Win2K to a second partition on your drive. When you go to reboot you will see the boot manager list both OS...pick which one you want and it loads. You can also select the default OS as well as the amount of time before it loads the default OS from inside Win2K.
Monaco
10-18-01, 10:47 PM
Win2K has a built in boot manager.

True- but only W2K has that. My dual is between 3.11 Workgroups and 98SE. And it's still good to know how to do it manually.
ve6jhc
10-20-01, 02:03 AM
Have you tried the boot manager that comes with Partition Magic...I have used it to go between Win98 and Win95. System Comander is another boot manager.