[TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98

[Roy Vestal]

bcwipepd.exe runs from a DOS floppy (sorry bout that).

bcwipepd /? gives you the command line switches.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Meyer" <ianmeyer at mac.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98


> what do i wipe through? will win98 do it? or the RH installer? how do i
> run the BCWipe?
>
> thanks
> ian
>
>
> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:55, Roy Vestal wrote:
>
> > Ian,
> >  It will work fine. I've done that with my gaming box at home, Win98SE
> > and
> > RHL 9. I would recommend you blank the HDD before loading if you can.
> > www.jetico.com has BCWipe, a nice wipe program. If not, it should be
> > ok.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ian Meyer" <ianmeyer at mac.com>
> > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
> >
> >
> >> im thinking that ill just wait for the next ncsulug installfest and
> >> get
> >> her to tote the computer up to state and just do it there where i can
> >> get some hands on help[ before i kill her computer on accident
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> ian
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 9:14, Frye, Matthew wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've done RH9 and Winders98, but on the same disk partitioned.  Only
> >>> problem
> >>> I run into is Winders freezes up after I've been in RH9 before it.
> >>> Haven't
> >>> had time to troubleshoot that, otherwise the setup's grand.
> >>>
> >>>> ----------
> >>>> From: Chris Bullock[SMTP:cgbullock at cox.net]
> >>>> Reply To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:02 AM
> >>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> >>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
> >>>>
> >>>> Never done it with RH9 or multiple HDs but I am currently dual
> >>>> booting
> >>>> Mandrake 9.0 and Win98.  I am sure it is simple to do, just when you
> >>>> are
> >>>> creating you partitions create a windows partition with a fat
> >>>> filesystem.  and be sure that your boot loader sees the windows
> >>>> share
> >>>> while installing.
> >>>> --chris
> >>>>
> >>>> Ian Meyer wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hello everyone. Here's what I've got. My mom has a very
> >>>>> tempermental
> >>>>> PC running Windoze98, and I happen to have a spare Hard Drive
> >>>>> laying
> >>>>> around. The HD is out of my iMac, but its a standard ATA66 IDE hard
> >>>>> drive, but with two HFS+ partitions on it. Can I format it with the
> >>>>> RH9 installer and then install RH9 on it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What I want to do past that is leave in her existing HD and use it
> >>>>> for
> >>>>> just Windows (because she'll still be booting into it from time to
> >>>>> time for some apps that she needs) and have the RH on the other
> >>>>> drive
> >>>>> and dual boot. I was thinking that it would be easiest to make the
> >>>>> "new" hard drive the master and put the boot loader and stuff on
> >>>>> it,
> >>>>> and make the windows drive the slave, would that work?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is there anything else I need to know before I start doing this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> TIA
> >>>>> Ian Meyer
> >>>>> ianmeyer at mac.com
> >>>>> ijmeyer at unity.ncsu.edu <-- New! WOOHOO!
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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