On 01-12-98, MIKE MAGUIRE said to JEFF GUERDAT:
JG>Doesn't matter but I would suggest a separate partition, however you
JG>decide to set it up, to install NT.  If you've already partitioned
JG>it, choose what makes sense to you and consider converting that
JG>partition to NTFS.
MM>I like the idea of a separate partition, but I want to
MM>be able to selectively boot to W95 or NT4.  Looks like I'll need to
MM>install W98 beta at some point too. :-)
The selective boots means nothing relative to how you partition.  The
partitioning helps keep OS clutter/damage more-or-less on that one drive.  
ou
could use many different OSes on one partition (assuming there was one
compatible file system that they all work with) with no problems.
I plan on going w/ separate partitions for NT NTFS, W95 and Win98beta,
applications, data, and swap files.  
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MM>installed yet.  It comes w/ two boot managers do you
MM>prefer one over the other?
It depends on what you need.  The simplicity of NT's boot manager makes it an
easy choice but it doesn't cover all eventualities.  IBM's boot manager comes
with PM which has the advantage of making the other bootable partitions
"invisible" to the OS currently running so they can't muck with files, etc.
It's a slick way to make the system appear to have only one OS (at a time).
Of course, you'd probably want a separate partition for shared applications
and/or data...
Thanks, looks like IBM's boot manager is the way to go.
Mike
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