Okay last post then I'll just plug though it but RedHat's Disk Druid
won't let me make *no* linux format partitions. I'm thinking fdisk is
the way to go. I have a knoppix disc but don't know what command to give
cfdisk or fdisk. I'm reading up on the man pages now.
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 13:08, Patrick Fleming wrote:
> Windows won't see the Linux partion types.
> Using the fdisk tool under Linux change the partition type to FAT. Do
> this for all partitions including swap. After that it should be just a
> matter of inserting the CD, allowing Win to format the drive and install.
>
> Carl Parrish wrote:
>
> > thanks but its saying it can't find /mbr. Perhaps I should add more
> > details. I have RedHat 9 installed on the harddrive. I have to format
> > redhat off of the hd and put windoze 98 on it now. I *though* win98
> > would just write over it but so far the windoze installer keeps freezing
> > so I'm thinking that I need to use the linux fdisk first. (please
> > correct me if I'm wrong).
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 13:13, JD Austin wrote:
> >
> >>Carl Parrish wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm having problems buting win98 on top of linux I'm assuming fdisk but
> >>>which command?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>fdisk /mbr
>
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