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

[Dennis]

Wesley Leonard wrote:
> 
> 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
> --
> Wesley Leonard

Thanks Wesley, typing win at the dos prompt worked. Windows came right
up and seems to work (as well as it ever did). Windows and Linux both
still run from lilo, even after a couple restarts. So it looks like we
will be ok.

Thanks again,
-- 
Dennis