On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 18:26 -0700, Matt Graham wrote: > From: eculbert > > Michael Sammartano wrote: > >> Win98 was not designed to be bootable > >> from the cd, although I do have a few that were made > >> bootable. Also windows will 'NOT' format over ext2 > > The only 'Doze98 CD (first edition) I ever had was bootable. > So it's possible, and I *thought* that was the default. > > >> utility that erases the existing partition/s or use > >> Linux to create the fat. > > fdisk + mkdosfs -F32 will not just make the CD happy, it'll > save *a lot* of time. "Format and check" takes forever if > you have a decent-sized disk. Make sure to get the > partition type right (0x0b for < 8G, 0x0c for > 8G) or the > whole thing will fail miserably after wasting a lot of time. > > > Wondering if somehow, no fat partition is being > > detected and instead it is balking at that? > > That'd be the first thing I'd try. ---- been a VERY long time and there is no way that I would install Win98 for anyone for any reason at this point but I seem to recall... That you must clear the MBR of the hard disk to allow Win98 to install bootloader and to boot. ( fdisk /dev/[h|s]da /mbr ) (for dual boot, you can re-run grub-install to fix this afterwards) Also, I don't recall Win98 being able to boot from other than primary master first partition Also, Ed apparently is dealing with 2 CD drives but only the one that is the 'master' is likely to boot. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss