hello
i have hard disc 40 gbyte and i want to install linux mandrake 10 with
win98 se , by installing linux on the first 15 gbyte and win98 on the
last 10 gbyte beside that i need the 15 gbyte active for the two os ,
how can i do that .
plz reply

Windows prefers to be first, so do FAT32 15gigs for windows, then at least an ext3 partition for / and double_your_ram_but_no_more_than_512 megs for your swap partition, and then the rest can be FAT32 too as both linux and Win98 can read and write it.

You might want to divide the 15gigs of ext3 so you have /home on a seperate partition, or maybe /usr, /tmp or whatever you want to have seperate for ease of use and reinstall.

I have 5 computers dual booting with Win 98 se and Mandrake and its not hard to do.
You will first need to create your partitions with the Win 98 start up floppy, no probs there except win 98 doesnt like unformatted drives. And as Proud said Win has to get loaded first.

may I also suggest that you not have just one drive for windows, I usually partition C for windows and programmes, D for Data and E for archives. This is handy if you ever have to format C as you dont lose your data and you can reload windows and all your drivers from the archives on E.

If you did this you would have C,D & E for windows, a F drive ( 15 gigs ) for your win/ linux and you G drive ( 15 Gigs ) for linux. Load Mandrake into the G drive and let it partition and format as it wants or do a custom partitioning.

Or if you are going to store all your data in the Win / linux partition then dont have the D drive, but having your archived drivers and wincabs on a separate partition is a good idea.

Mandrake makes dual booting so easy, just follow the prompts and make sure you install lilo in the MBR.

live long and prosper
floppy

hello , thanx for reply
is there any special steps when installing lilo in MBR
thanx

98 does not have to be on the first partition. It just needs to be a primary with the active flag set.

It is not required just easier to install windows first then linux because if not you will need to reinstall the bootloader due to windows overwriting it.

It is best to leave unallocated space and then let the installer create partitions. Many installers will create 3 partitions by default. /boot, swap and /. The default setting will usually install the bootloader to the MBR with linux as the default OS.

Re : installing Lilo

At the end of the installation Mandrake will give you a number of choices ( 3 - I think ) where to install the boot loader, just pick the MBR.

live long and prosper
floppy

Hi

I am going to continue this thread because my problem is related. I have Suse 9.2 and Win98Se on an 80Gb hard drive. My Drive is partitioned as follows
hda1(Win) to 12.9GB 0 - 27045
hda2 776MB (Swap) 53789 - 55366
hda3 16.7 (Linux) 55367 - 90269
hda4 32.9 (Linux) 90270 - 158800

I have managed to reduce the size if hda1 so that there is now a space in the area of
27046 - 53788. I would like to install Ubunto on this space but the system tells me that
there are four logical drives and extended partitions. Basically the system is still seeing that
portion of the drive as allocated to VFat and I need to format that section only. How do i do this?

hello
can i install all packages of linux in the methods that you suggest to install win98sf & linux or what
thank you

michaelk

This is the first post I found talking about primary partition so you are now creditted for your comments i my howto

2) In testing I had a w98 that I imaged off (hd0,0) then I used knoppix to qtpart a logical partition to fat then I used partimage to load the image to that logical partition.

on reboot with knoppix the w98 are easily seen on the logical but grub unable to boot it with these commands

root (hd0,6) > confirms its fat.....and yes I have also tried rootnoverify
map (hd0,6) (hd0,0)
map (hd0,0) (hd0,6)
makeactive
chainloader +1

yet the same structure worked for an image I put onto (hd0,2) a real primary part.

also tried with hide (hd0,0)

and grrr....went looking to see why MS was so hopeless.

submitted for info in case I am wrong as have missed something

grabro

you can only have max of 4 primary partitions so sacrifice one of the linux ones and start a extended.
If you have a knoppix cd program qtparted is a nice graphic program for the job.

don't be shy tho......create more than one logical partittion.....you never know when you need it