[TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98

Thu Aug 14 20:09:07 EDT 2003

Leave it in, only install on /dev/hdb (assuming disk #2 is hdb). Then
install the boot loader ( I recommend grub) onto the MBR of the first
disk.  If something goes wrong, you can simply run FDISK /MBR and it
will reset the master boot record so ONLY Windows will load.

Good Luck.

On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:41, Ian Meyer wrote:
> i jsut thought of something
> 
> to make sure i dont mess with the win disk at all, can i take it out 
> and do the install to the other HD, then put the Win HD back in, and 
> set the boot loader? or is it alright to leave both drives in and just 
> let it set up the boot loader itself?
> 
> tia
> ian
> 
> 
> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 17:30, Roy Vestal wrote:
> 
> > 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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