On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:31:25 -0500
Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Rowley wrote:
> >>I'm looking to install windows (although I just really need the
> >Windows >directory from Win95/98/ME) ontop of an existing Linux
> >(RH7.2) >installation, is this possible?
> >
> >
> > Yes, but you'll clobber the MBR. Have a linux boot disk on hand
> > to reinstall lilo/grub when you're done with Windows.
> > It's always best to install the dumbest OS first.
> >
> > --Matt
> >
> >
> >
>
> Actually, I already have a boot disk because the BIOS doesn't
> recognize the HDD as it is LARGE and in CHARGE (100GB). I know I
> should have installed Windows first, but it wouldn't boot from the
> WinME cd-rom I have, so I figured I could install it from within
> Linux (and ontop of the ext3 filesystem, somehow, as I have my
> entire drive partitioned as ext3 (with 1GB set aside for SWAP).
>
>
>
If you have, or can borrow, a smaller (say 2 gig drive)... you can
copy your existing Linux to it. Once you know it works on the small
drive, you can reformat and partition the 100 gig drive for both
Windows and Linux.
The last Computer swap meet I went to, they were selling used 2 gig
IDE drives for about $5.
Best,
Tom
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