You could do it quite easilly. Use: /sbin/mkfs.vfat /dev/hd** (You should use the right letter and number for the extra partition). Afterwards, using fdisk, make this partition active. If you do so, Windows (assuming it's either XP or 2k) will reffer to it as C:, and you could install it there. Also, make sure you have a linux bootable media, so you could fix the MBR after you install windows (it will reset it). Make sure you know how to reinstall your boot loader.
Should work like a charm. Windows will see the FreeDos partition as D:, and will ignore it, most of the time. If you want to make double sure it doen't write on it, you could change its type (using fdisk) to something else, and return it later to its original type. Goodluck. Ez. On Thursday 04 March 2004 11:41 pm, Aaron wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a hard disk which has an 'extra' partition which I want to > install windoze on, currently it is a reiser partition. > > I am looking for a program that will let me format it fat32 from within > linux. > > > I have a small dos partiton at the beginning of my harddrive, which I > was reserving for freedos, but never was able to get the darn thing to > boot.. > > I hope that this combo will give me a bootable windoze, but I am not so > sure... > > I know that mandrake has such a utility is there something like it I can > use on Fedora? > > Thanks > Aaron > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
