Guest mc Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt and win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt this? mc
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 15, 2008 Posted June 15, 2008 Re: triple boot Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does "it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been upgraded. Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed along side of Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mc" wrote: > We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After > completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt and > win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt > this? > mc >
Guest mc Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot Dave, thanks for the response. Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS Drive E: is the cd-rom Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed. Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not appear in the boot menu. mc "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:B8BF7E42-FB1D-49E1-B8F5-E63A9EF0AC85@microsoft.com... > Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does > "it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been > upgraded. Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed > along side of Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade. > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "mc" wrote: >> We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After >> completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt >> and win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to >> attempt this? >> mc >> >
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot Can you post the text of boot.ini ? -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mc" wrote: > Dave, > thanks for the response. > > Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT > Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS > Drive E: is the cd-rom > Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB > Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB > > NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed. > Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not appear > in the boot menu. > mc
Guest mc Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot This is it Dave, [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect C:\="MS-DOS" "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:B8FC8275-A09F-4E04-9AA9-04E55CD27D0A@microsoft.com... > Can you post the text of boot.ini ? > > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "mc" wrote: >> Dave, >> thanks for the response. >> >> Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT >> Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS >> Drive E: is the cd-rom >> Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB >> Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB >> >> NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed. >> Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not >> appear in the boot menu. >> mc >
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot Windows 2000 is installed to the second partition of disk0 Where is Windows NT installed? Are C,D,F,G all partitions on the same disk? If so you might try; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4" C:\="MS-DOS" -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mc" wrote: > This is it Dave, > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 > Professional" /fastdetect > C:\="MS-DOS"
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot Should have been; [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4" C:\="MS-DOS" -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect
Guest mc Posted June 16, 2008 Posted June 16, 2008 Re: triple boot Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week. mc "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:FF8F685D-B340-47A2-9A97-2D67E0F3B430@microsoft.com... > Should have been; > > [boot loader] > timeout=30 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 > Professional" /fastdetect > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1" > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3" > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4" > C:\="MS-DOS" > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Re: triple boot You're welcome. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mc" wrote: > Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week. > mc
Guest mc Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: triple boot Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun begin.. mc "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message news:683FBD56-8332-4B57-86AE-BFB6E910EE10@microsoft.com... > You're welcome. > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "mc" wrote: >> Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week. >> mc
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: triple boot "mc" <wcwall.awm@verizon.net> wrote in message news:ubgM8K90IHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu > win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We > are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then > NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun > begin.. > mc If you're starting all over again then you should consider using a proper boot loader instead of the native Windows boot loader. XOSL is one of them. It lets you boot into any number of OSs and it lets you keep them completely separate. Each of them can be made to run off its own drive C:. XOSL is free. Post again if you need more details.
Guest Dave Patrick Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: triple boot If you're starting over then install OS's in order oldest first, newest last. You must service pack NT4 to at least SP4 before installing Windows 2000 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "mc" wrote: > Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu > win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We > are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then > NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun > begin.. > mc
Guest Robbie Hatley Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Re: triple boot "mc" asked: > We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and > win 2000.After completing the final install with Win 2000 > it has been altering win nt and win nt does not appear in > the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt this? Use a third-party boot-loader instead. Another responder recommended "XOSL", which I'm not familiar with, so I can neither criticize nor recommend. Personally, I use "Boot Magic" and "Partition Magic" (both originally from PowerQuest, but both now owned by Symantec). My home computer is a triple-booter, with partitions arranged as follows (as near as I can recall; i'm not at home right now): Primary 1: MS-DOS 6.22 (I could add Windows 3.1 if I really wanted to get "retro", but haven't yet) Primary 2: Linux Boot Partition (tiny partition with just the essential bootstrapping files) Primary 3: Windows 2000 Pro boot partition (drive C:), about 20GB, mostly just "C:\WINNT" and "C:\Program Files". Extended: Chopped into several slices: Slice 1: drive D: (text and pictures) Slice 2: drive E: (music and sounds) Slice 3: linux root ("/"), about 20GB. Slice 4: linux swap, about 2GB. (System also contains 2 more physical internal hard disks, plus a 300GB external backup hard disk.) When I turn on my computer, after entering BIOS password, I'm sent to the "Boot Magic OS Selection Screen" (launched from the Master Boot Record), which allows me to select from DOS, Linux, or Windows. On clicking one of those, the appropriate OS is launched from the corresponding partition boot track. Note that the partition boot track may have it's own bootloader, sending you to one of a selection of related OSs. My Win2K had that, but I disabled it, since it didn't recognize all my OSs. Try to find a copy of the User's Manual which came with the original PowerQuest Partition Magic. That slim booklet taught me more about computer science -- especially partions, partition tables, master boot records, partition boot tracks, and computer bootstrapping -- than I ever learned from a whole shelf of books. But Symantec dumbed it down for the masses when they got ahold of it, so you'd need to find an old version. -- Cheers, Robbie Hatley lonewolf aatt well dott com www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant
Recommended Posts