J,
You will need to install Win95/98 first, since it will overwright the MBR
(Master Boot Record) of your hard disk.
Run fdisk from the Win95/98 floppy, and create one primary partition, and one
extended partition. These must occupy the entire Hard Disk. Then in the extended
partition, create one or more logical partitions as desired for Win95/98. Do
not create any partitions for Linux at this point. Leave the amount of space
you want for Linux unpartitioned in the extended partition.
Next, restart and format the DOS partittions for Win95/98 with the DOS format
command, then install the Win9x operating system.
Once you have Win9x installed and operational, restart the computer and run the
Linux installation program (I used the Linux boot disk in my floppy drive).
Follow the on screen prompts, and I suggest you use disk druid to set up the
Linux partitions, as it is easier, and will not destroy your Win9x instalation.
This should result in a machine which will do a good dual-boot between Win9x
and Linux. It worked for me.
Note, I installed LILO in the MBR so I could boot from the HD, and LILO did
not mess up my Win9x.
Ernie
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999,Collin J. Davidson wrote:
| I am so close to setting this up, I can almost taste it. I guess you get
| delusional after looking at the computer screen for 12 hours straight.
| Anyway, I can't quite get my hard drive partitioned correctly. I have 12.9
| GB hard drive, and want to use approximately 10 GB for win98, and 2.9 for
| Mandrake Linux 6.1. These are the two setups that seem to be the closest to
| correct.
|
| 1. hde1, 4 GB, Win95 FAT32
| hde5, 2 GB, Linux Native - first part of an extended partition (hde2)
| hde6, 128MB, Linux Swap - second part of an extended partition (hde2)
| hde7, 6 GB, FAT16 >= 32MB or some sort of DOS partition - third part of an
| extended partition (hde2)
|
| This one worked well. LILO booted both Win98, and Linux. The only problem
| was, after I formatted hde7 as a FAT32 in Win98, Win98 took FOREVER to boot,
| and after it did, it couldn't see hde7. The only thing I can think of, is
| that Linux does not support FAT32 as a logical partition in an extended
| partition, wrote something to the disk and then Win98 couldn't figure out
| what was going on. Of course, I could be completely wrong, and have no idea
| what I am talking about.
|
| 2. hde1, 4 GB, Win95 FAT32
| hde2, 16MB, Linux Native - I did this and mounted it as /boot because it's
| my understanding that LILO must have /boot within the first 8GB of a hard
| drive.
| hde5, 2 GB, Linux Native - first part of an extended partition (hde3)
| hde6, 128MB, Linux Swap - second part of an extended partitiion (hde3)
| hde4, 6 GB, some sort of DOS extended partition
|
| This setup allowed me to boot both Win 98 and Linux. The problem with this
| one was that it seems like Win98 only supports ONE primary partition and ONE
| extended partition per disk. I have 2 primary and 2 extended. Again, I
| could be completely wrong. No matter what I did with hde4, Win 98 couldn't
| see it.
|
| So basically, I need to know how to partition my 12.9 GB hard drive to have
| approximately 10 GB for win98, and 2.9 for Mandrake Linux 6.1. Any help or
| suggestions are appreciated.
|
| Collin Davidson
