"Randy Beck" <rcbeck26@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:SlgId.11877$Vj3.7834@newssvr17.news.prodigy.c om
> I believe that 98 must put the system on the c: drive

Then explain this (msdos.sys) :

[Paths]
WinDir=D:\WIN98FE
WinBootDir=C:\WIN98FE
HostWinBootDrv=C


> (or puts it there by default),

> and all files point to there in 98,

Nope.

> during install of xp you can partition or put it anywhwere on the fly.

> That was my understanding.

Perhaps you should change it then.

> I am also interested why this happened.

Why what happened?

> <jameshanley39******.co.uk> wrote in message news:1104348759.885792.236490@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > I have read that to have 98 and xp dual booting - or any version of
> > windows - you install the old then the new. I've also heard of there
> > being problems with having multiple visible primary partitions.
> >
> > I currently have XP on an NTFS partition. As an experiment, I tried
> > installing 98 without first removing XP. It worked. It detected an
> > NTFS partition, created a new primary FAT32 partition, formatted it,
> > installed Win 98 on it, and made it active.
> >
> > So I have 2 visible primary partitions. I choosse which to boot from by
> > making it active - which can be done through PMagic or Fdisk and maybe
> > Diskpart.exe in XP
> >
> > Since that all worked. I tried creating another visible primary
> > partition - this time in partition magic (with nothing on it), that
> > worked fine. So now I have 3 primary partitions.
> >
> > So isn't it strange, that I have had no problems whatsoever with that
> > method, and yet everybody says to never install 98 after XP.
> >
> > I'm sure I used to have to make primary partitions hidden, but here
> > strangely, I seem to be able to have many visible primary partitions.
> > WHat's the point of making primary partitions hidden if even Win 98SE
> > can handle it?!
> >
> > And why all the fuss about having to install the old then the new - 98
> > then XP?
> > If I am going against the grain, howcome no damage is being done?