I want to go back to Win98 so I can use Wine. Wine
does not work well with Win2K
--- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of OOzy Pal
> > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:24 PM
> > To: Expert
> > Subject: [expert] afriad to lose LILO
> >
> >
> > I have dual boot LM8 and Win2000. I want to
> remove
> > Win2000 and install Win98 but if I do this win98
> will
> > not recognize LM* and will overwrite the boot
> sector.
> > What can I do to avoid this
> >
> > =====
> > Regards,
> > OOzy
> >
> > What is the purpose of life?
> >
>
>
> I am nosey.
>
> Why would you want to remove Win2K in favor of
> Win98.
> I do everything on 2K and nearly nothing anymore on
> 98.
> Even 95% of my games will run on 2k plus it is much
> more dependable
> not to mention stable.
>
> As to your question.
> Any version of Windows you install Is going to
> overwrite your MBR.
> There is nothing you can do to prevent it.
>
> Be sure you have a working Mandrake boot dist.
> Once you have installed windows use the boot disk
> to access linux and reinstall LILO.
> You will then be back as before using lilo now to
> choose between linux and win98.
>
> Charles (-:
>
> Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
>
=====
Regards,
OOzy
What is the purpose of life?
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