[Gllug] Help with Red Hat 8.0 install on Win 98

[Stuart Sears]

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this appears to be developing into an argument which will not solve the 
'problem'... 

===suggestions===
Assuming that Win98 is already installed on /dev/hda1 (which a default windows 
installation will use as C:) and that the D: drive is a logical 'drive' in an 
extended partition (IIRC win98 cannot cope with more than one primary FAT 
partition, so this is more than likely) - most likely /dev/hda5
what you need to do is...

a) remove the 'D:' (/dev/hda5) partition using disk druid (or fdisk if you are 
comfortable with it), and, if you wish (I would) the extended partition that 
contains it (probably /dev/hda2)

b) in the space you have freed up, create (at least) two partitions, one about 
twice the size of your RAM for a swap partition, the other  for /. Format 
them as swap and ext3 respectively.
[this was part of LJ's point I believe, as was the 1024 cylinder bit below]

c) Continue with the install - the Grub bootloader will be installed onto the 
master boot record of /dev/hda by default unless you instruct it otherwise.
It should detect your windows installation and add it to the boot menu 
(possibly as DOS, but it should still work) so that you can boot either OS.
[I think this was Bruce's point]

===questions for the OP===

I should ask here - what exactly is the 'error' message that occurs, telling 
you to make a boot disk? Does it say you *have* to?

how large is the hard drive in total? how old is the machine you are using?

have you tried making a boot diskwhen prompted  to see if the install 
continues normally afterwards? (RH installs _always_ prompt you to create 
boot disks - it's a fallback should there be a problem with your bootloader)

If the warning is to do with a partition crossing the 1024 cylinder boundary 
and your system is not too old  you can probably ignore it (this was a BIOS 
limitation on older machines) - but if your BIOS  can see the entirety of 
your hard drive then this is not going to cause any problems.
[someone please correct me if I am wrong about this]

apologies if anyone feels I have misunderstood what they wanted to say, or 
mis-'quoted' them.
E&OE

Stuart

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