Installing Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows 98 Second Edition on the same FAT32 partition

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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