[KLUG Members] Window98 and Redhat 7.1 dual boot on HP

[Wesley Leonard]

This might not be the fastest way, but probably the simplest is this:

- make a bootdisk for your linux system (run "mkbootdisk" as root--you'll need
to put in some options.... )
- test the boot disk
- do a reinstall over the win98 partition
- make sure windows works OK
- use the boot disk to bet into linux and run "lilo" as root

Before doing this, check these things out:

Do you get any error messages from windows?
Check your .ini files (system.ini, win.ini, etc) ... one of them should have a
gui=1 (or similar) option
Try typing "win" at that dos prompt... see if you go into windows
Check your /etc/lilo.conf file and see if there's anything weird about it
regarding your windows options.  Check the man page for lilo.

good luck

l8er

Dennis wrote:
> 
> Anyone got any hints/tips on getting Windows98 to boot after a RedHat
> 7.1 install on a Hewlett Packard?
> 
> Hewlett Packard 466mhz
> 64 meg ram
> 12.1 gig hd
> cdrom
> floppy
> 
> Partitioned with:
>         6 gig for Windows 98 (actually shrunk from entire drive)
>         6 gig for Linux including /, /boot, and swap (redhat 7.1 installed and
> working)
>         Lilo installed in mbr
> 
> Windows 98 tries to boot but drops to a seemingly crippled dos.
> 
> This is on a friends spare machine. If we cannot get windows back it
> will not be missed too badly. I would like to try getting it back as a
> learning exercise.
> --
> Dennis
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Wesley Leonard

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