Multiple OS install help

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Ron AF Greve

Hi Gab,

Dosbox works great (especially with old sierra games (GK1 being one of my
favorites).

I am not sure you can install 98 on your machine but if you got an old
license you can easily run it in Virtual PC (free download from the
microsoft site) (I played nautilus that way partially).

Regards, Ron AF Greve
 
Hi all I have a good games machine its fast with a quad core CPU but ide
like to play some old pc games on it like "Riven" but it wont install even
with "compatability mode" I would like to install win 95 and 98se to see if
that works as im using win xp home at the moment, I dont know wich OS gets
installed first then second and third.

I forget but do I have to make 3 partitions on the one
HDD for the 3 OS's?

Thanks
GK
 
1. First check if there is an update available for riven that makes it work
on xp ;)

2. If not you have a couple of options:

3. Figure out if it runs in dos or windows.

3.1 If it needs dos, try dos box.

3.2 If it needs windows, you could try virtual pc 2007 from microsoft and
install w95 there.

4. If that's too slow then try:

4.1 System commander (Does it for you... multiple partitions)

4.2 Alternatively try adding extra harddisk and use boot manager to change
boot order.
(Untried but should work).

4.3 Try usb-drive or usb-stick, or maybe even flash card... and try booting
from that.
(Untried but might work)

4.4 You could even try Knoppix cd maybe it has Wine support maybe riven runs
on that ;)

So many options available.

Personally I would stay away from partioning... it's kinda wastefull to make
a partition just for one game or so...
and it's also very risky... if anything goes wrong during the partitioning
you badly screwed ! :)

Take care, be seeing ya ;)

Bye,
Skybuck.
 
Hi all I have a good games machine its fast with a quad core CPU but ide
like to play some old pc games on it like "Riven" but it wont install even
with "compatability mode" I would like to install win 95 and 98se to see if
that works as im using win xp home at the moment, I dont know wich OS gets
installed first then second and third.
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You can do this all in software in an XP "Virtual Machine." Even if
not necessitated by hardware this route obviates your needing to
create new logical drives.
 
Hi all I have a good games machine its fast with a quad core CPU but ide
like to play some old pc games on it like "Riven" but it wont install even
with "compatability mode" I would like to install win 95 and 98se to see if
that works as im using win xp home at the moment, I dont know wich OS gets
installed first then second and third.

I forget but do I have to make 3 partitions on the one
HDD for the 3 OS's?

Thanks
GK
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Part of the problem with XP to older DOS is a sound interface layering
link after getting the game up (something like DOOM, say). I've some
old utilities to run them in XP "dos box" - but it wasn't easy. OS
isn't the hard part, and doesn't matter with what partition (limit of
4 primary partitions to a drive) with Winderz -- just hide them while
installing for straightening out later with a boot arbitrator
(Ranish). The main mess occurs with getting newer hardware to run
with an older OS, and never even mind drivers that you've a snowball's
chance in hell of finding.
 
John B. Smith said:
Agreed. I couldn't get Win98 to install with my new Abit motherboard
and Intel Core Duo E8400. And I TRIED.
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Did you add the line to the Boot.ini file to limit it to 512MB and also
add the patch for faster CPUs?
 
Without searching thru my log I can't remember all the things I tried.
But the 512mb thing sounds familiar. I don't remember anything about
faster cpus. Since, my old scanner has burned out, the only reason I
wanted Win98 anyway. Bought a new scanner that works in XP. And used
it once in the 6 weeks I've had it.
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Got a nice one in a non-breakdown sale for a 75lb black DELL 19" CRT I
wanted (possibly $300 for both). Can't recall where the CRT farmed
out to, (last one used couple years ago before running into a 32" LCD
"love at first sight" SYNTAX television), but still got that page
scanner on the shelf -- never been hooked up, though should be a USB
scanner setup I'd expect XP would still readily adopt.
 
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