I've invested substantial effort in installing some applications
[in different versions of linux] on a 40 GB IDE, where I can read
the FAT hda1 also.

With the 32 GB limiting strap the BIOS can auto-detect the IDE
and linux can of course read every thing.

I too am a victim of M$hit-Win, in that often I need to use Wxyz
to read M$-files posted to me.

Apparently I lost the MBR soon after I bought the 40 GB IDE;
so I normally boot linux [1 of 3 installations] via fd0, [although
I've now noticed that with the 32 GB limiting strap, the Mandrake9
start-menu (propably lilo) works too].

Since hda1 has enough space I could install W98 there, except that
I can't get DOS to see hda1.

If I used WIN/DOS-fdisk, I fear I could loose all my linux installations.

Please advise how I could run W98 from this 40 GB IDE which has
still ample free space, without risking my existing linux installations,
and without a major rearrangement of the IDE.


Thanks for any info.

== Chris Glur.

news@absamail.co.za wrote:
> I've invested substantial effort in installing some applications
> [in different versions of linux] on a 40 GB IDE, where I can read
> the FAT hda1 also.
>
> With the 32 GB limiting strap the BIOS can auto-detect the IDE
> and linux can of course read every thing.


> Since hda1 has enough space I could install W98 there, except that
> I can't get DOS to see hda1.
>
> If I used WIN/DOS-fdisk, I fear I could loose all my linux installations.

No.
>
> Please advise how I could run W98 from this 40 GB IDE which has
> still ample free space, without risking my existing linux installations,
> and without a major rearrangement of the IDE.
>

Just recognise this partition in FDISK and format it and install.
Make sure that it IS the only partition that you work with.
If not sure, delete it in linux fdisk and create a smaller partition
with FDISK (500M-1G is plenty for Win98).
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> == Chris Glur.
>
Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.

news@absamail.co.za wrote:
> Please advise how I could run W98 from this 40 GB IDE which has still
> ample free space, without risking my existing linux installations, and
> without a major rearrangement of the IDE.

A few alternatives:

1) If you are only looking at documents from Microsoft Office you might
not need Windows, maybe it would be enough with OpenOffice?

2) If you need to really run Windows applications you still might not need
Windows, maybe the applications will work fine in wine? Most office
applications work fine, gaming applications mostly have problems.

3) If you really need to run windows, try one of may favorite
programs: qemu (www.qemu.org). That program emulates a complete PC
where you can install Windows. It does not only emulate a PC, it could
also emulate a network with a samba server which shares a file system from
your linux box to with the emulated PC.

If your BIOS has problems with your big HD Win98 will also have problems
as it uses the BIOS to access the HD. However, the emulated PC with qemu
has no such problems in its emulated BIOS.

regards Henrik
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:18:46 -0500, news wrote:

> I've invested substantial effort in installing some applications
> [in different versions of linux] on a 40 GB IDE, where I can read
> the FAT hda1 also.

2 words and a nnumber: vmware workstation 5