Re: Win98/Linux Problem

[Aaron Prohaska <verdesoft verdesoft net>]

Thanks for the comment Bob! I couldn't agree more with you. For one
thing I didn't know there was a problem with people writing in problems
with win89/Linux. I did read the fips information very carefully when I
used it on my system and it worked great when I did it. Though I didn't
know about the problem I am having now. The documentation doesn't seem
to cover the problem I am having. That is why I have turned to this
listserv for help. I thought that there must be other users who are
running dual boot system who might have had similer problems. Anyway, if
asking this type of question is not allowed on this list someone please
let me know, as I have not recieved any complaints yet.

Thanks,

Aaron

bob jones wrote:
> 
> The reason I'm responding to this is that I don't think the subject has
> had much (or any?) coverage in the RedHat List, specifically about using
> fips to set up partitions for Linux, which we all want, and safely
> handling W98, which usually is already installed on the HD when we get a
> machine. Fips is on the RedHat CD, and, as I understand it, fips is the
> recommended tool to do this job.
> 
> I believe I had trouble with this, and that it may have caused me
> considerable grief, though I read the info on fips and used the process
> as well as I could understand it.
> 
> The view is held that one should not post any W98 problems on the List,
> and I can understand that, but since fips is the tool on the RHL CD, if
> the process is giving people trouble, then some help would be welcome,
> not only with the fips usage, but with avoiding/correcting damage to W98
> if that turns out to be a pattern.
> 
> I got an awful scolding for bringing this up recently, and though I can
> understand the individual's viewpoint, I still think he is not seeing
> the whole problem, which is: we want people to be able run Linux on
> their machines even though W98 is almost always there too, and we don't
> want to make W98 inoperable in the process. Of course, if the List is
> really aimed at workers running Linux servers and work stations, then I
> am completely wrong, because those machines won't be purchased with W98
> resident.
> 
> If you haven't read the fips process description, it might be worth your
> while, because it describes the W98/95 and Linux partitioning, though I
> can't tell from your posting whether you used it or not.
> 
> I suppose I'm due for another scolding, and I suppose it is deserved.
> 
> bob jones  (bobj eskimo com)
> 
> Aaron Prohaska wrote:
> >
> > I am having a problem with the way win98 is seeing the file system/hard
> > drive info. It seems win still thinks it has the entire hard drive for
> > space. I am affraid of what this might do when I try to install
> > something in windows and it thinks theres room when there isn't. I had
> > someone give me a suggestion before about this and I tried it with my
> > last installation of RH 5.2, but it didn't seem to help. What I did with
> > the last install  was to completly format one large partition (the
> > second partition) and then start the Linux installation. Once installing
> > I used ????? to re-partition the second half of the drive. Does anyone
> > have an idea of what I might be able to do to solve this problem? Please
> > say there is a way to fix this without re-installing Linux! I have to
> > find a way to do this since I can't defrag win98 until this problem is
> > fixed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Aaron
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