Dual Boot - Win98/WinXPpro - Win98SE won't recognise DVD ROM drive

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Steve80 - 31 May 2007 17:46 GMT

I want to dual boot Win98SE with XPpro, and to do this I have to install
Win98SE first. I have a new machine with an ASUS P5B motherboard (Dual DDR,
S-ATA II, etc) and a clean HD which I have partitioned (4) and formatted to
FAT32.

Trouble is, Win98SE (and earlier OS's) won't recognise the fitted JMicron
JMB 363 PATA/SATA PCI Express IDE controller, and tells me there is no CD-ROM
drive fitted. The manufacturer's web site does not list any drivers for OS's
prior to WinXP.

Does anyone know of a suitable driver - or a work-around??

(I have also posted this in the WINXP forum - my apologies if this was wrong!)

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Gary S. Terhune - 31 May 2007 18:02 GMT

Asked and answered in the XP group. Please use proper multi-posting
techniques if you wish to post to more than one group. Put all the groups
you want to post to into the same message header, rather than creating
separate posts for each group.

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>I want to dual boot Win98SE with XPpro, and to do this I have to install
> Win98SE first. I have a new machine with an ASUS P5B motherboard (Dual
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> (I have also posted this in the WINXP forum - my apologies if this was
> wrong!)

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Ron Badour - 31 May 2007 20:24 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

You install XP and your software. Then install free VirtualPC and once
installed, install W98 in it. This program allows you to run W98 and XP at
the same time--no reboot required.

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