John,
Thanks for the reply. This is what I did except I set the partion size for
Linux using th lnx4win.exe utility in Windows 98. I started with a bare
un-fdisked 6.4Gb drive....made a 3.75 Gb DOS primary partition...formatted
/s/v...installed Windows 98.....then set my Linux partition to 100Mb swap
and 2Gb user (figuring I had about 2.5Gb left and playing it safe...)...then
the system reboots...goes into Mandrake setup, booting from the
CDROM...answer the initial questions prior to partitioning...and hard crash
shutdown.....
So...your saying to not use the lnx4win.exe and boot to the Mandrake CDROM
and create the partition from there... I'll give it a try tonight. I may
have to start from scratch as any corruption of the partition from using
lnx4win can't be fixed, as Mandrake crashes before I get to that step.
thanks,
Tony Z.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] dual boot setup
> Ok...here's what worked best for me... wipe the drive
> (completely) and then partition out what you want for
> Windows. Install Windows. Next, boot to the floppy boot
> disk and select "install from CDROM." Assuming you don't
> have a wierd cdrom (say running off your third IDE channel
> on a sound card or something) it should work fine from
> here. Just make sure you have the area you want Linux on
> UN-FORMATTED, AND UN-PARTITIONED! Just leave it "empty."
> Linux can partition and format it for you. From there it
> should be a matter of just following the prompts!
> John
