[plug] SUMMARY: win98 install after linux

[Bevan Broun]

on Fri, May 26, 2000 at 10:51:42AM +0800, Bevan Broun <bevanb at ee.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> Im installing a dual boot system for a user. She wanted NT and linux,
> which was prepared, now she wants win98 and linux instead. Ive always
> installed winXX first and then linux second. Now I dont want to redo
> the linux install if I dont have to but...
> 
> Win98 setup doesnt seem to know the difference between partitions and
> drives. The drive has been partitioned under linux fdisk and has it's
> first partion fat32 (was ntfs), it's second partition is linux's root.
> 
> the win98 setup is saying
> 
> "To remove the non-MS-DOS partition, setup will delete all files on
> your 1st hard drive...."
> 
> Does any know if it will really do this or if it will just wipe the
> first partition?

Well we did manage to get win98 to install without having to remove
the wipe the linux partition(s) but the answer was not obvious so Im
sending us all the info.

The trick was to exit the install program and get to a dos prompt.
Then we 1) fdisk (it's on the win98 cd)  reboot, exit setup to
dos prompt again. 2) format the partition with the "format" on the
win98 cd and reboot. Exit the setup to dos prompt again, and here
comes the tricky bit, mkdir c:\temp and start setup with "setup
/T:c:\temp". Now setup knows that it can use the partition and
doesnt need to remove all files from the disk.

BB
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