Flux, My only comment on your predicument is that I can't see why you are "downgrading" to Win 98 SE? Did you have a problem with Win 2K that makes you want to go to a less robust and older version? Win 2K can be reloaded with a FAT32 partition instead of NTFS. As long as you own the 'better' version of Windows and it's not giving you any problems, I wouldn't load Win 98 SE just to get the FAT32 and sharing between the two O/S's.
My take on this. Good luck in whatever you do. T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: [newbie] Linux w/ Win98SE Okay, this definitely fits in the newbie catagory... I've been playing around with my dual-boot Win2k/ML9 install, when it finally got to me that I can't really interact with the Windows partition, due to the NT file system. So, I decided to downgrade the Windows install to Win98SE. Now, what makes this a newbie issue is that fact that I blindly deleted the first partition on the drive, which happened to have both the Win2k install and the boot loader redirectory, so now I can't boot into Windows (duh) NOR Linux! (I understand that's not entirely true, but for newbie purposes we'll presume that it is) So, in perfect newbie fashion, I decided to pop in my Compaq Evo N150 recovery disc and completely start ALL OVER AGAIN! But here's the question: If this "recovery" forced me to reformat the entire drive and make the whole thing one partition, how am I supposed to install Linux on it for a dual-boot? Maybe I should ask "WHERE" am I supposed to install Linux? Please help, because I'm sure to cause myself more pain hashing through it myself... -Lawrence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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