The purpose of this HOWTO is to explain how to run all these operating systems on one system, each using its own filesystem. Some add-ons which shouldn't make a difference…įor those of you who want to run DOS, Windows98 and NT 4.0, all on a FAT16 filesystem: that's a piece of cake.Quantum Fireball 3.2 gig hard disk (secondary master).Maxtor 6.4 gig hard disk (primary master).Just to make sure, I will give you a description of my PC-configuration:
If this ain't the case, just send me an email. Just read this HOWTO very carefully, and you'll find every information you need. I used two hard disks, but it is possible to add everyting on one disk or divide it onto three disks or even more. In advance, you should always outline a solid partition scheme! This may differ a lot from mine.
And integrating these two (or more) on one system is the main objective of this HOWTO. Problems arise when you want to add NT (since Linux and especially NT are very fond of the Master Boot Record).
You can boot Windows9x, MS-DOS and Linux without any problems from Lilo (there are other HOWTO's which handle multibooting from Lilo, see below for details). If you don't want NT but only Linux and MS_DOS or/and Windows9x installed, that is possible too. Since we are using the NT boot loader to load every operating system, the only restriction is that you want to install Windows NT. If you do not want all these operating systems, that shouldn't be a problem. The aim was being able to boot directly into MS-DOS 6.22, Windows98, Windows NT Server 4.0 (I've used Windows NT Server 4.0, but you can also use NT Workstation and all versions of NT from 3.51 on) and finally Linux Redhat 6.0 (but other Linux distributions shouldn't cause any problems I also tried it with SuSE 6.0). And since this is the filesystem Windows98 uses by default, I guess the time is right for this HOWTO. There are already some HOWTO's available on this subject, but most of them are a bit outdated, since they don't cover the problems you might experience using the FAT32 filesystem. The only thing I can say is that it worked on my configuration, and that it will probably work on yours too. The purpose of this HOWTO is trying to save you this hassle. Especially the latter takes a serious amount of time to be installed. It did cost me a lot of effort and time-consuming (re)installations of Windows98 and Windows NT. I'm going to explain to all it may concern how I created a multiboot-environment on my PC. You might find me on IRCNET on channels #belgium and #flanders. I'll try to find an answer to them, mail you the answer and place them under my FAQ-section. Most up-to-date version of this HOWTO can be found there. The original version of this HOWTO is maintained at Multiboot MS-DOS 6.22 - Windows98 - Windows NT Server 4.0 - Linux By Tom de Blende Multiboot MS-DOS 6.22 - Windows98 - Windows NT Server 4.0 - Linux LG #47
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