Windows 95 and 98 on same PC?

External Since: Dec 03, 2006 Posts: 16

You could, but keep in mind that normally you can't have more than 4
[primary + extended] partitions, so if you use one partition per OS
(DOS/95/98/XP), you'll use up 4 primary partitions and won't be able
to create an extended partition.

Having an extended partition with some logical drives in it is very
useful when you have multiple OSes in separate partitions, you can
store your own files there and they will be accessible, no matter
which OS you boot into (at least one logical drive will have to be FAT
if you want to access it from DOS 6.22).

I think BootIt Next Generation allows you to overcome that 4
partitions limitation.

Claude

On May 5, 9:09ï¿½am, rpgs rock dvds <rpgsrockd... RemoveThis @hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks for those links. ï¿½I think I might buy BootIt. ï¿½I'm thinking of
> having a 95/98/XP system. ï¿½But do you know if I can also have MS-DOS
> 6.22 as well? ï¿½(I have old legacy Creative Soundblaster software that
> fails to install/run on DOS versions 7 and above. ï¿½Being able to very
> occasionally boot into DOS 6.22 might be handy -- perhaps I could
> create a new 'old-style' FAT partition on my HDD which DOS would
> recognise.)
>
> Thanks, regards, Robert.

External Since: Mar 25, 2008 Posts: 82

On 11 May, 04:10, "glee" <gle....DeleteThis@spamindspring.com> wrote:
> Just changing the topic a little.....why do you think you need to have no newer
> version of DirectX installed than v.5, in order to install the correct driver for
> your 3dfx voodoo card? It really does not matter that the driver package comes with
> DX5....voodoo drivers should operate fine with DirectX 9 installed.
>
> I have a Phoenix Maxi Gamer AGP card installed on a 98SE system with DirectX 9.0c.
> The card is Voodoo Banshee based, and the last drivers available were for Win95/98
> and DirectX 7.0
>
> Exactly what card do you have, what drivers have you installed and from where did
> you get them?
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+http://dts-l.net/http://dts-l.net/goodpost..htm
>
> "rpgs rock dvds" <rpgsrockd....DeleteThis@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:46c8c39e-6320-49f2-abea-a845836ddbd1@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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>
>
> > Is it possible to have a PC (that has one HDD) which allows you to
> > 'dual-boot' to either Windows 95 or Windows 98?
>
> > The reason I ask is that I don't seem to be able to get an old 3dfx
> > voodoo1 card to work using Windows 98SE. The latest driver that
> > appears to be available to Win9x users for the voodoo1 card is a
> > Direct X 5 version. As Windows 98SE ships with Direct X 6, (and then
> > gets updated to Direct X 9 when I install my primary graphics card
> > driver package), I don't think I have a suitable system to use this
> > card.
>
> > When I run dxdiag or a 3dfx game, I get serious problems such as the
> > screen goes all weird looking and I then need to reboot.
>
> > Perhaps I'd have more luck with the voodoo1 card if I was using an
> > operating system that had Direct X version 5, such as Windows 95?
>
> > Thanks for any advice, Best regards, Robert.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That's really interesting, because I've just this moment got the
voodoo 1 card working for the very first time since I got it, and I
installed Windows 95, and made sure DirectX version 5 was on, and it
all seems to work.

I have a Diamond voodoo1 card. The driver available for it is directx
5. I think your banshee works because the driver it expects is
directx version 7. Directx version 9 is very similar in API-style to
version 7, which is why they are kind of interchangeable in this
regard. Not so for directx version 5 drivers, which is why I couldn't
get my voodoo1 card to work under directx version 9.

I got the driver from falconfyl de website. They were the official
diamond voodoo 1 drivers. I installed the starter driver package,
then updated them to the latest official diamond drivers. It works
reasonably well - a few graphical glitches here and there. But
beforehand when I was using windows 98 with directx 6, then 7, then 9,
nothing worked at all - very nasty crashes, etc.

Best regards, Robert.