This seems to be related to Win98/95 and their possessive view of the
partition table [not really a disk-guru so I don't know the low level
particulars].
I had no luck using LILO in conjunction with Win98 and I eventually went to
using System Commander. The best installation order I know of is:
wipe all partitions [i know, i know, it sucks]
using fdisk create the Win98 partitions
[meaning at least one DOS primary partition and probably a FAT32 partition
for games, etc]
- if you skip this step, then Win98 will try to take over the hard disk
completely
- and you will have problems installing a non-MS OS on your disk [at least
I
alway do]
install Win98 into the primary FAT 16 partition [I don't think System
Commander handles FAT32]
At this point you should have a single DOS primary partition and a FAT32
partition.
You should now be able to install Linux. However, I would recommend using
System Commander:
install System Commander
use System Commander to install Linux
This was the only way I could keep Linux and Win98 happy on the same box.
If
anyone knows another way around this, then I know some people who are
interested...
The only reason this works is because System Commander uses the Windows
partition to
store information about the other OSes. If, magically, Win98 should corrupt
another OS's
boot information [yes, I once mysteriously lost a working Linux
installation], System Commander will go to the Windows partition to recover
the information [because that seems to be
somewhere that the corruption magically doesn't occur].
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Remove partial Linux Partition
>
> Yes, I have Win98!!!
>
>
> At 11:24 AM 9/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >This has happened to me twice using Disk Druid...Do you have Win98 on
your
> >box.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 8:49 AM
> >Subject: [newbie] Remove partial Linux Partition
> >
> >
> >>
> >> I was installing Linux on a second partition on a second harddrive.
After
> >> I built the Linux partition layout using Druid, it took and error
trying
> >to
> >> write the new partition information and told me I needed to reboot in
> >order
> >> to continue the install.
> >>
> >> Now I cannot get Linux to finish the install. It fails right after it
> >asks
> >> which drive to install from. I want to remove the Linux partition and
> >> restart the install but I can't get rid of it. Partition Magic says
there
> >> is no partition there. FDISK says there is an extended partition with
> >> logical drive but when I try to delete the logical drive so I can
delete
> >> the partition, FDISK says there are no logocal drive.
> >>
> >> Anyone have a program that can remove a partition no matter what?
> >>
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________________
> >> Thanks, Bob
> >> HoP 4 Life
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> ICQ: 5760810
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> >>
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> >>
> >> Declare your PC a Microsoft-free zone
> >>
> >>
> >> _________________________________________________________
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> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> ______________________________________________________
> Thanks, Bob
> HoP 4 Life
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ICQ: 5760810
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>
> National Wrestling League (NWL) - www.nwlwrestling.com
> House of Pain Wrestling Federation (HoPWF) - www.nwlwrestling.com
> WildSamoan ProWrestling Training Center - www.WildSamoan.com
>
> Declare your PC a Microsoft-free zone
>
>
> _________________________________________________________
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