Mail Archives: opendos/2000/03/10/12:28:25
All the DOS-based OSes (that includes Win95/98), are on the same
partition. This is really the only true way to do this since DOS can
really only boot up off the first primary partition of the primary IDE
drive (or SCSI). Just be sure to install each OS in a separate
directory. For example, if your installing DR-DOS 7.02 and DR-DOS
7.03, be sure to specify different install directories like
c:\drdos\v702\ and c:\drdos\v703\.
System Commander actually swaps out the msdos.sys, io.sys,
autoexec.bat, config.sys, and any other hidden files I'm missing, at
boot time based on your OS selection. It sounds a little scary, but
it's works like a charm!
Other OSes that have more flexibility (like Linux) do not have to be
on the first primary partition, and may even be on the second disk.
Again, SC takes care of all this.
-Dave
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 stevied AT cybervale DOT com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you have the various operating systems which you use on separate hard
> drives, separate partitions or on the same drive?
>
> On 2000-03-09 opendos AT delorie DOT com said:
> >I'm sure there are other boot loaders, but I've been using System
> >Commander. I'm using it to boot to Win98, MS-DOS 6.22, DR-DOS 7.02,
> >DR-DOS 7.03, and Linux. It's got a few quirks, but it's a good
> >program. When I bought it, it cost $30, but came with a $20 rebate.
> >It's certainly worth the $10!
> >-Dave
> >On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 stevied AT cybervale DOT com wrote:
> >> Can someone with knowledge of this subject tell me how I can use
> >>DR-DOS and WINDOWS 95 on the same system?
> >> Conrad.
> >> Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Test Drive
>
> Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Test Drive
>
>
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