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boot 98 from external device?

Gerald Moo

boot 98 from external device?

by Gerald Moo » Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:28:02

I have a Act-Labs ForceRS wheel.  Recently I "upgraded" to the USB
cartridge, due to the fact that WindowsXP doesn't know how to use
*** devices which are on the serial port.  Problems with the USB
implementation of this wheel have been discussed elsewhere.  The wheel
was much more precise with the serial port under Win98.

So, I am wondering, what is the easiest way for me to be able to boot
into Win98 when I want to race?  I have used drive caddies on other
systems in the past, the problem is that my PC is in a rather
inaccessible location and swapping drives this way would be a PITA,
putting it mildly.

Is there any kind of external solution that allows you to boot from
the external drive?  The other alternative is multi-boot, but I really
don't want to go there, since then I would have to completely
reinstall XP as well.

Should I just suck it up and buy another wheel?

TIA,
Gerald

Peter Ive

boot 98 from external device?

by Peter Ive » Thu, 25 Dec 2003 10:54:08



Have you got a spare HD on which to put 98.  If so you could remove the
XP HD and install 98 onto the other HD.  Then set each HD to cable
select and connect them both onto the same ribbon cable on ide-1.  As
long as your BIOS supports it - and most do nowadays - then you can
change the boot device from either IDE 0 to IDE 1, depending upon which
HD you want to boot from.
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