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Installing Windows 98 over Linux
Name: lowTech Date: July 19, 2000 at 19:05:14 Pacific
Comment:
I am helping someone out who has linux Mandrake 7.0 on a laptop, and wants it uninstalled and Windows 98 over top of it. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get a linux machine to boot to a CD. Any suggestions? I fiddled with linuxconf and it didn't work, and now I can't even get linuxconf to run, so changes will have to be made at the command line. Any help would be worth its' weight in gold at this point.
Name: Muneer Ahmed Date: July 19, 2000 at 23:03:11 Pacific
Reply:
Pls send me information for how to install windows 98 over linux..
Muneer
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Response Number 2
Name: Steve Date: July 19, 2000 at 23:08:27 Pacific
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You are going about it the wrong way. I have Mandrake 7. Start the Mandrake install program. When it gets to the part where it is going to make partitions, use the clear all button to wipe the drive clean of any partitions. After clearing the partitions, turn the power off.
Next boot up with a 98 boot disk. Use fdisk to make your partitions and format the drive using format c:/s or d: whichever drive letter.
An alternative method is to use fdisk to remove the master boot record. fdisk /mbr Then use fdisk to remove any non-dos partitions. Create a new primary one and then format.
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Response Number 3
Name: Anna Date: July 27, 2000 at 23:09:58 Pacific
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I am of the old school. Do not install anything OVER another even if it has been "uninstalled". It is best to CLEAN install especially with an OS. I do not even buy updates to OSs but only the full install. It causes nothing but problems!
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Response Number 4
Name: Anna Date: July 27, 2000 at 23:13:20 Pacific
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Oh, yes, Linux boots with lilo, I believe. Have not tried it yet but used Unix years ago.
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