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
>
>

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