poachedeggs
January 8th 09, 12:58 PM
I'm using a 6-year-old Fujitsu Scenic T as a machine running Linux
(still 'distro-hopping' at present) but I have a Windows 98SE CD lying
around I'd like to make use of. I'm not very technically
knowledgeable but I know that 98 isn't simple work with a big hard
drive. Could someone give me idiot-proof setup instructions for
installing 98? If it will co-operate with then adding Linux (Linux
Mint 4, Opensuse 11.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 are likely because of
compatibility problems with other versions of these). I've more or
less got the hang of the subsequent dual-booting procedure - the
automated method, I mean, but that was taxing enough for me.... The
Linux live CDs are set up to recognise NTSC formatted partitions, but
are they likely to be blind to fat32 and just erase it?
My tentative guesses were that I'd need to get a Dos floppy
(anyparticular version?), downloaded from a site I remember using
once, and then using fdisk and format to make a small partition for
it. Ten or twenty GB would be fine as it will not get great use.
At any rate, I certainly don't want to bother formatting the hole
drive for 98, as I once started to instal 98 on a 120 gb laptop and it
looked like it'd take an eon.
I'm not intending to go online with the W98, and am happy to use an
o.s. for which the updates are expired.
Or should I forget it?
Many thanks in advance.
(still 'distro-hopping' at present) but I have a Windows 98SE CD lying
around I'd like to make use of. I'm not very technically
knowledgeable but I know that 98 isn't simple work with a big hard
drive. Could someone give me idiot-proof setup instructions for
installing 98? If it will co-operate with then adding Linux (Linux
Mint 4, Opensuse 11.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 are likely because of
compatibility problems with other versions of these). I've more or
less got the hang of the subsequent dual-booting procedure - the
automated method, I mean, but that was taxing enough for me.... The
Linux live CDs are set up to recognise NTSC formatted partitions, but
are they likely to be blind to fat32 and just erase it?
My tentative guesses were that I'd need to get a Dos floppy
(anyparticular version?), downloaded from a site I remember using
once, and then using fdisk and format to make a small partition for
it. Ten or twenty GB would be fine as it will not get great use.
At any rate, I certainly don't want to bother formatting the hole
drive for 98, as I once started to instal 98 on a 120 gb laptop and it
looked like it'd take an eon.
I'm not intending to go online with the W98, and am happy to use an
o.s. for which the updates are expired.
Or should I forget it?
Many thanks in advance.