> Get out the trusty old Win 98 boot floppy.
>
> Use fdisk to create a custom sized partition, 5Gb is good.
>
> Format the partition with the format exe on the boot
> floppy creating a fat32 partition.
>
> Jam the win{2000, XP} CD Rom in the drive and (with 2000)
> find the directory on the disk with winnt.exe, and issue
> the winnt command. Install should then begin.
>
> In the install routine you will be asked where you want
> the OS to go. Point it at the custom size partition you
> created.
>
> The rest of the disk can then be used by a better
> operating system.
But does it work with OEM 'Recovery' (Ha!) CDs?
Yuri