Installing Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows 98 Second Edition on the same FAT32 partition: Difference between revisions

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# Create a FAT32 partition
# Create a FAT32 partition
# Install Windows 98 Second Edition to <code>C:\WIN98SE</code>
# Install Windows 98 Second Edition to <code>C:\WIN98SE</code>
# Install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 to <code>C:\WFW311</code>
# Reboot into command prompt only
# Edit <code>CONFIG.SYS</code> to look like this, moving the existing contents to the <code>WFW311</code> section:<br /><syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
[MENU]
MENUITEM=WFW311
MENUITEM=WIN98SE

[COMMON]

[WFW311]
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\IFSHLP.SYS
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=Z

[WIN98SE]
</syntaxhighlight>
# Edit <code>AUTOEXEC.BAT</code> to look like this, moving the existing contents to the <code>WFW311</code> section:<br /><syntaxhighlight lang="bat">
GOTO %CONFIG%

:WFW311
SET PATH=C:\WFW311;C:\WIN98SE\COMMAND;%PATH%
C:\WFW311\SMARTDRV.EVE
C:\WFW311\NET.EXE START
GOTO END

:WIN98SE

:END
</syntaxhighlight>
# Run <code>ATTRIB -R -H -R MSDOS.SYS</code>
# Edit <code>MSDOS.SYS</code> so that section <code>Options</code> key <code>BootGUI</code> is set to <code>0</code>; this has the side-effect of ensuring <code>PATH</code> isn't messed with


TODO: rest
TODO: rest

Revision as of 20:41, 26 May 2022

Thanks to a set of unofficial patches, it is possible to install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on a FAT32 partition.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Boot from the Windows 98 Second Edition installation media
  2. Create a FAT32 partition
  3. Install Windows 98 Second Edition to C:\WIN98SE
  4. Install Windows for Workgroups 3.11 to C:\WFW311
  5. Reboot into command prompt only
  6. Edit CONFIG.SYS to look like this, moving the existing contents to the WFW311 section:
    [MENU]
MENUITEM=WFW311
MENUITEM=WIN98SE

[COMMON]

[WFW311]
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\SMARTDRV.EXE /DOUBLE_BUFFER
DEVICE=C:\WFW311\IFSHLP.SYS
STACKS=9,256
LASTDRIVE=Z

[WIN98SE]
  7. Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT to look like this, moving the existing contents to the WFW311 section:
    GOTO %CONFIG%

:WFW311
SET PATH=C:\WFW311;C:\WIN98SE\COMMAND;%PATH%
C:\WFW311\SMARTDRV.EVE
C:\WFW311\NET.EXE START
GOTO END

:WIN98SE

:END
  8. Run ATTRIB -R -H -R MSDOS.SYS
  9. Edit MSDOS.SYS so that section Options key BootGUI is set to 0; this has the side-effect of ensuring PATH isn't messed with

TODO: rest

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