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1. Yes, and Win98 can ONLY be installed on the first partition. You cannot put both on one partition.
2. Yep, but as KingM said, if you format it in NTFS, then no. NTFS gives you speed increases usually over 40GB, otherwise, stick w/ FAT32.
3. Quite literally, you install windows 98, then install windows 2000. There's nothing else to it. There are guides, and some of them say go through win98, which I don't recommend. Here's the quick and easy guide.
Install 98, but using the autoboot feature of the win98 cd, or setup.exe at the command line. Install it on the first partition ONLY. After that, use 98Lite, remove all the excess. After this I'd take an image of the partition, but that's just me.
Now, from a boot disk, or just from the dos prompt of win98, run the win2K installation by going into f:\I386 (or whatever drive the cd/files for installation of Win2K are) and type 'winnt'. If you haven't loaded smartdrv.exe, it'll recommend you to do so (you can do the install without it, but it's highly NOT recommended). Proceed with the install. It'll decompress the needed files, then ask you which partition to put it on. C: being win98, use D: or otherwise. It'll then ask you about formatting, and choose ntfs or fat32 (whichever you prefer, I kept mine fat32). After that it'll install.
Once the initial setup is complete, it'll restart. Here's where you'll see whether or not it dual boots properly: a menu will come up (it lasts for only five seconds) letting you choose between 'Microsoft Windows' (98) or 'Windows 2000'. Let it go into the GUI install (it does it automatically, of course) and finish the install.
Finally, enjoy a dual boot job well done.
Keep in mind win98 overwrites all boot information, which is why 98 must always be installed first. Because of limitations of the system, it has to be on the partition. It's lousy, but keep in mind what needs 98 was designed to address.
4. Make sure to get the service packs, which address any flaws or security holes in the system. The makers of 98lite are making 2000lite, so keep a look out for that. Like KingM said, unless you're using it as a full time server, you won't need most of the stuff that gets installed.
Also as an aside, unless you're running legacy stuff, I highly suggest using Win2K alone. |
