Dual-Boot 98 & XP

[Foxi4]

Install XP on one partition, 98 on a second partition, and then Ubuntu or Linux Mint on a smaller third partition. Linux will take over the boot dealie, and you'll be able to choose from the three in the grub menu.

Or don't install an OS you'll never use just to adjust the boot sequence, install GRUB to do so without installing Linux or use the built-in boot manager Windows already has.

 

[Heran Bago]

I've never seen WIndows boot manager for just 98 + XP. cool!

Grub is easier to edit with Linux and it's useful to have around just in case. I find it better for diagnosing hardware problems than XP. Plus it's easier to configure GRUB from within a linux.

 

[Foxi4]

I've never seen WIndows boot manager for just 98 + XP. cool!

Grub is easier to edit with Linux and it's useful to have around just in case. I find it better for diagnosing hardware problems than XP. Plus it's easier to configure GRUB from within a linux.

I just don't think it's productive to add another OS into the mix when it's completely unnecessary.

 

[TylerHartman]

I don't want to install anything past xp. It's a ready slow as it is.

 

[Pleng]

Wanting to run Windows 98 is something I can understand (although remember to "snatch" some files from Windows 95, like cdfs.vxd - that file still haunts me after many years), but Windows XP? Why? There's absolutely no reason to run it these days, just go full-on 8.1 or wait for Windows 10.

Maybe the computer can't handle Windows 7+. The system requirements are an awful lot higher than XP.