4/16 I have system command and I have windows98. I want to install w2k
and use SC to switch between the two. Is it possible to install
my applications in a standard partition and have both OS see them?
Since most apps dumps DLLs all over, does this mean installing the
program twice? Once from w98 and another from w2k? Is this even
possible? Thanks.
\_ It is possible. Installing app twice, save yourself many headache.
\_ It isn't worth it. Just run win2k and be done with it. And you
don't need SC to switch. Use the w2k boot loader/switcher. Why
do you think you'd still need 98 after 2k is installed?
\_ Games, certain DVD players, certain CD-RW players, etc.
-crebbs (who doesn't have win98 installed ANYWHERE)
\_ Most games work under W2K, unlike NT. In fact, I haven't
run into a game that doesn't work under W2K.
\_ Name a game published in the last 3 years that won't run
under w2k. Which DVDs and CDRWs dont have w2k drivers?
I've got a DOS 1.1 game that will run under w2k.
\_ i think connectix virtual game station is 9x-only.
\_ Sounds like a registry nightware just waiting to happen. The
windows registry isn't the binary equivalent of /etc/* files.
It needs to be feared and respected.
\_ Oh please. FUD. I've done it. It just sucks installing all
your apps twice. If you insist on doing this, however, I suggest
that you not only install all apps twice but create a second
Program Files directory. So you'd have C:\Program Files *and*
C:\Win_98Program Files or whatever suits your fancy. For the
FUD mongering clueless, each OS stores the registry files in a
different location. If you don't know wtf you're talking about,
please just don't. The better answer is just install w2k and
let it manage the boot loader process (see c:\boot.ini) if you
absolutely must switch back to win98 for some obscure reason.
Note that when installing w2k, you need to keep the disk as a
FAT32 partition. There are win98 drivers to use NTFS but you
can't have your win98 boot partition on NTFS.
\_ I've done it too and ended up in a whole world of pain.
This is highly application dependent. Most games,
MS Office and Netscape are good candidates for apps
that can be installed twice. The fact is that if you
change the registry in one os and not in the other
damage can and will occur. You can not say that
installing twice will work in the general case. |
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