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renaming /boot to /boot_<arch>
Whreky whr...@aol.comonnow rec games computer ultima dragons What happens if you REName the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and reboot (I usually call them *.XXX, so they stand out)? Win95/98 are not supposed to need these files to run properly (and in fact, my WIN98SE system has neither at the moment),

Renaming NT boot partition
I restored my old registry & config files to the new install, and was able to boot up, so my initial problem wasn't with those files. Through trial and error (like adding paths to autoexec.bat) I was able to boot to my initial installation, after renaming the new windows dir, and reverting the old one).

Unique question......
When I rename that file and do a mkboot, the resulting floppy won't boot. I get about 7 lines of dots. After this the light of the floppy stays on and nothing happens. However when I select Build Bootrom, and treat the bootrom* file with mkboot etc, the floppy WILL boot. Is the process so, that I have to create a

GS/OS Quad Boot
The WarezMonger wrote: I already have a Win 95 boot disk with CDRom drivers and I've already installed Win95b after 1st renaming win.com so that Win95b wouldn't find Win95a. What I really want to know is what this file is on the floppy that came with Win95b. It's labeled CD-Rom setup boot disk and has a file named

dual boot by mistake - can I just rename the drives?
I can't rename my current C drive because Disk Management won't let me do it. If I name my new SATA drive to a lower drive letter will I be able to get XP Pro to do a clean install on it and boot from it? Is my best bet just to disconnect the current C drive? I'd love it if there were a slick way to do this from

Question...
System.map is right like it names tells you a map of the system; system parameters passed to the kernel at boot time. Everytime you install a new kernel you should copy the /usr/src/linux/System.map into /boot, best way of doing this without causing havoc is to rename it with the same version number as your kernel:

WINDOWS '95
Does that make sense or will the BIOS rename them exactly the same in both? Or am I asking for trouble by unhooking any drives at all, just should leave them all in place and install XP in the un-partitioned space? Thanks very much for any insight as this is my first dual boot with loads of drives on-board!

Multiboot question
None of us knew if it was possible to interrupt the normal boot process and somehow rename the file. The problem was finally resolved by using RLogin from another Sparc to rename the file. My questions: 1. On the faulty Sparc, could we have interrupted the normal boot process, invoked a Command window,

BayRS upgrade process and license question?
In winders 2k: 1) pop your winders 2k CD in the cup holder 2) start->run-><foo>:\bootdisk\makeboot a: where <foo> is your CDROM drive letter You can then boot from that floppy. I like to reinstall winders from time to time this way. I'll boot to the floppy, and rename C:\windows to something else and immediately

T2 Beginner question: config.h vs. Project files
Whether you're actually still running that software or not is open to question, given the error message. Rather than deleting, I just rename questionable files like this. That effectively disables them, but they're still around should some need arise in the short term future (like the system blows up :-) Dumb

CDROM boot question
Boot to DOS-Prompt and rename your existing \Windows directory to \Winold by typing : "move C:\Windows C:\Winold" 3. Change to your Setup Directory by typing: "CD Win98" 4. Run Setup from there by typing: "setup" 5. Attention: Win98 will try to install "by default" into the directory, in which it has found your

W95 BOOT UP QUESTION...
My question is what to do with the bzImage file or kernel. I moved it to boot as it is and ran a link to it and that listed in lilo. But what's the etiquette? =20 1. Move kernel to boot as I did? 2. Rename it? If it was potato's own 2.2.17 then what? use kernel-package to make alot of this much simpler,

Another lilo question...
(I've modified this to take into account the likely need for the replacement drive to be a DOS boot drive with the OS) This version of the note is modified 14) Rename sys to oldsys 15) Rename newsys to sys 16) Down and restart Server from the NEW drive's DOS partition. At this Point, default minimalist versions

Question on LILO and recompiling your Kernel
EXE is supposed to rename WININIT.INI to WININIT.BAK when it's finished processing it. The problem is when WININIT.EXE can't finish processing WININIT.INI (due, I would assume, I had presumed it was something inherent in the windows boot process and wouldn't be left up to individual installers to muck up.

Newby : Duel Boot question
Forgive this beginner's question, but among the good advice I was given in a previous entry (which had to do with the possible shortage of memory in my system), I was told: "Just rename config.sys and autoexec.bat and reboot. If the problems persist, it's not lack of conventional memory." Can I do that?

WIN2KPRO and XP PRO DUAL BOOT QUESTION
And the latter then recorded some very useful system messages (that I'm not sure were generating by the same failure but at boot-time) that told me to check Copy the config-2.4.20-8 to /usr/src/linux-2.4.25 location and rename it to .config after you have made a backup of .config Suggested reading;

Really Dumb question.--Cannot boot from Hard Drive
Tom Porterfield t...@m9.sprynet.com microsoft public win95 setup Check for a winboot file in the root directory of your boot drive. If you find it there, remove it and I have tried renaming the config.sys and autoexec.bat files to ensure nothing is getting loaded that could be causing this, but to not avail.

Resubmit of 2.6 Kernel Question
Boot to plain dos mode by holding down ctrl during boot and use these commands. attrib -h -s -r system.dat attrib -h -s -r user.dat rename system.dat user.tmp rename user.dat user.tmp attrib -h -s -r <insert path to old>system.dat attrib -h -s -r <insert path to old>user.dat copy <insert path to old>system.dat

Yet another renaming question :)
Now the question is do I need to do a clean install, together with reformating the drive or will a repair installation do? Thank you. If Windows was installed on drive I: and if you want it on drive C: then your only option is a fresh installation. Everything else will result in an unstable system.

I have Dual Boot System NT & 98 - Shared INBOX question
Void_Singularity v...@singular.mtl microsoft public win2000 general You can use a boot disk to boot to a preinstalled console without having the I've tried copying the SYS file for the SCSI controller and renaming it to ntbootdd.sys and putting it in the root of C:\, c:\cmdcons , c:\cmdcons\system32 .