From: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner) Subject: Re: Installing on win95/nt on the same box 6 Mar 1998 14:33:11 -0800 Message-ID: <9803031950.AA23882.cygnus.gnu-win32@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> References: <2370C71DDDA0D111B12900A0C99809FB2280@BLUEGRASS> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: "Michael J. Kitchin" Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Actually, I never said the same partition, but the same box. This is true for all software in general (like VC++). It seemed was I installed in win95 onto a fat partition, then selected the same install directory in NT...but it probably was a waste since some DLLs were copies on both systems into the private system directory. > > Win95 and WinNT can not exist on the same partition. If you do not have > partitions that you can allocate for this purpose, you will need to > repartition and reformat a drive. In addition, everything that depends > on (a) their own DLLs located in the standard system paths or (b) their > own registry keys will need to be re-installed for the new OS. In a > majority of occasions you can store the application in the same > directory IF the two OSs share a file system -- ie, FAT (can WinNT mount > FAT32? Win59 will definitely not see NTFS). If you install Win95 first > then NT, NT should add Win95 to it's boot-up menu automagically. If the > other order, you can add Win95 to the menu manually. > > (Bring a book.) > > MJK > > On Saturday, February 28, 1998 11:27 PM, Marty Leisner > [SMTP:leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com] wrote: > > > > What's the procedure to install on both windows95 and NT on > > the same box (I don't want to have to reinstall everything twice.) > > > > > > marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com > > Don't confuse education with schooling. > > Milton Friedman to Yogi Berra > > - > > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message > to > > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com The Feynman problem solving Algorithm 1) Write down the problem 2) Think real hard 3) Write down the answer Murray Gell-mann in the NY Times - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".