It's usually possible to split it, after first compacting the data on the drive. However this would leave Linux as the first partition, Win98 would have to be installed in the second partition. And in my recent experience Win98 tends to get paranoid or even psychotic if it isn't in the very first partition.
An alternative (if the PC has physical room) is to pick up a second-hand 1GB (or whatever) hard drive dirt cheap and format and install that as your Windows drive. It would also have the advantage that Win98 is less likely to go berserk and write all over the Linux. Dual or multi booting with GRUB is a breeze, once you get the hang of it. (Probably LILO is too, but I'm used to GRUB). My PC has a 3GB Win98+DOS+DOS drive in /hda (and boy was that a hassle to set up), /hdb is the CD writer, /hdc is a 20GB with several different flavours of Linux, and /hdd is a 3GB with mostly data on it. cr On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:05, David Tiefenbrunn wrote: > Hi, all. > > I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed. I would > like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I > still have some stuff that I need to use there) > > The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition. Can I split it or do I > have to start all over from the beginning? Of course, I don't have the > linux install CD. > > Thank you, > Dave > > Dave Tief. N1WWY, Addie Tief. N1XQP > Tiny, Cecil, Magic, Ruby, Sesame and Cinamon > Visit our web page at http://users.abac.com/dandatief > Fight Spam: http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
