Re: Win9x+Win2k+Linux without nested bootmenus plus a feature request

2001-07-30 Thread Jan Z.
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, A. Klingenstein wrote: I came up with a solution of sorts: FAT32 has a 2nd backup copy [...] My question now is this: is this the best solution available, or have I just invented a horrible kludge or both ? The NT/Win2k-Bootloader saves the bootsector of an installed

Re: Win9x+Win2k+Linux without nested bootmenus plus a feature request

2001-07-29 Thread Christoph Plattner
A very simple workaround here is to create a small boot partition as primary for NT2K. This partition includes the boot loader of NT and in the boot.ini the big extended Win2K partition is defined as NT root disk. With friendly regards Christoph P. A. Klingenstein wrote: Hi, I want

Win9x+Win2k+Linux without nested bootmenus plus a feature request

2001-07-28 Thread A. Klingenstein
Hi, I want to install the 3 OSes (and maybe more) mentioned in the subject line on a single HD with the following layout: primary: FAT32 - win9x extended begin logical: NTFS - win2k logical: ext2fs/reiserfs - debian logical: swap - linux swap logical: NTFS - big data partition, maybe