Windows wants master primary. Linux doesn't care. If you make Linux hdc, all you have to do is adjust fstab to fit and tell lilo how to boot.
Rob Hudson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >I'm wanting to install windows 98 on my system. Currently it is a >linux only machine. My drive configuration is as follows: > >/dev/hda -> Linux hard drive (master primary) >/dev/hdb -> none >/dev/hdc -> want to be windows drive (master secondary) >/dev/hdd -> CDROM (slave secondary) > >/dev/hdc has nothing on it. Not even a partition. It used to have >linux until I upgrade the drive with /dev/hda. But I removed all >partition tables. > >I've just attempted a few times to install windows, but it complains >about the drive and it can't install on it. I'm guessing that maybe >it sees only hda and can't install there. I actually found a new >partition on /dev/hda that was zero blocks in size, starting at the >end of the drive. I'm guessing windows did that. > >So, does windows require master primary to install? Is there another >way around it? What's the easiest way to deal with this and keep my >linux install on /dev/hda intact? > >Thanks, >Rob > >
