On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:03:16AM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > My initial goal was to load Windows98se because I have a genuine copy > of it. So far I have found that the numerous reboots necessary for > installing W98se confuse either Qemu or me, and I can't make it work. > > Anyone who wants to coach me in the fine points of installing Windows > is welcome to help. >
There are no fine points to installing windoze. OK, none that I'm aware of. You just keep doing what it tells you to and rebooting and rebooting and rebooting -- OMYGOD -- sorry, flashbacks ... and then if/when it doesn't work, you start again. *Always* install windoze first if you can. It has no concept of playing at all, let alone playing nice. I have found when I need to install windoze after a useful Linux installation is on the HD that the following can work: 1. print the Linux fstab for reference 2. use the Linux fdisk to reassign all Linux partitions, including swap, as type 0 3. use the M$ fdisk with the /mbr switch to overwrite grub or lilo 4. do the M$ install -- it may give you a message saying "too much of your HD is marked bad for me to believe you and I think you're lying," but ignore it 5. return everything in Linux to normal and reinstall grub/lilo. None of this has much to do with your challenge I suspect. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
