Hello Roy.

07 Mar 05 12:06, you wrote to all:

 RT> Speaking of this subj.,  I'm considering upgrading the one w98 box
 RT> here.  Not to some later version of windoze (don't have one,  and
 RT> don't particularly want one),  but to newer hardware,  so I can have a
 RT> faster machine and some more HD space.

 RT> Given a particular good-sized HD,  and given the original 98 CD (what
 RT> I have),  and assuming that I partition the drive ahead of time
 RT> intending to end up with a dual boot,  how can I ensure that 98
 RT> doesn't stomp on that partitioning and try and take the whole drive
 RT> for itself?  It's been long enough since I installed that I don't
 RT> recall how it goes about things,  and I need a bit of a refresher from
 RT> you guys...

 RT> If all else fails,  I suppose I could let it rip,  compress the drive,
 RT> and then use fips or something to resize the partition to where I want
 RT> it,  but I'd rather avoid spending that time if I don't have to.

Well, what works here, or the way I do it,

Use whatever fdisk or pationing tool you prefer, create a primary partion for 
WIN98, of the desired size, mark it active/bootable, boot from a WIN98 boot 
floppy, format the partion, and install WIN98, then create the other partions, 
and format them, as desired. Then install Linux, use linux fdisk/cfdisk to 
check what partions you want to install Linux to, then go ahead, and then use 
lilo to boot between them.

Russell

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