Alirght, I'm involved in a project to ship working laptops overseas to classrooms and I'd like to convert a 128mb 400mhz 10 gb Compaq laptop into a multi OS platform for the the little kiddies to have exposure to Windows OS.
I have some old OS disks laying around (win 3.11/3.51/NT 4.0/95/98se/Me/2k) what program do I need to allow for a multi partition/multiple OS laptop?
And it may help if I could source some null modem cables?
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I don't know if you can install GRUB or not but that is what I use to dual boot Linux and Windows. It comes standard with Ubuntu.
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/padre31 likes this. -
Hmm...I don't think Grub will do (but thanks for the suggestion) as it's a bit beyond my technical prowess.
I think it will need a OS and a Networking OS like Win98se and WinNT or WFW 3.11 but the variance of 16 bit 32 bit and NTFS could cause a problem? -
You should be able to partition the drive in two different partitions and install the oldest OS first.
I don't think you need to load a separate boot loader if both OS's are Windows.padre31 likes this. -
I "think" the program I'm looking for was known as partition magic.
I'd like to have 4 OS's on the laptop so the kiddies can have a wide range of exposure to M$..Win98/Win2k/WinNT/Win95 and maybe WFW 3.11
Include some null modem cables and the other laptops can be networked with the multi OS'ed latop? -
Here ya go. Works just like Partition Magic. Home Edition is free.
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htmpadre31 likes this. -
Shouldn't this be in the Questions and Answers section?