Triple Boot Machine?

[KidViciou$]

hi, i want to run 98, 2k, and redhat6.2 on my system.

i heard that you can only install ops on the first 4gb, otherwise it wont work. i want to know if this is true, and if so, why is it like that. thanks!

 

[bubba]

Take a look at the article on triple booting I wrote
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/osbooting/tripleb.html

Only thing to change about Win2k is that you can use FAT32 now.

Enjoy!

 

[SUOrangeman]

In the case of WIn2K and Linux, you need to have the kernl (\winnt directory for Win2K, /boot for Linux) in the first 8GB of your drive. The is a new version of LILO that removes this restriction for Linux. Win98 doesn't follow this paradigm exactly due to part of the second "restriction."

The other consideration is that your C: drive for Win2K and Win9x must NOT be NTFS. C: must also be in the first 8GB of your drive.

The 8GB issue is a result of BIOSes not being able to boot from a hard drive cylinder above 1024 (roughly 8GB into your drive).

Search the archives for 'dissertation' to see how I set up a quad-boot system.

-SUO

 

[KidViciou$]

thanks a lot, this is just what i was looking for. but as far as win2k goes, i was going to run it in fat32 so i could use win98 with it