First time fielding a question like this so please be patient.
I've been toying with the idea since a friend of mine gave me a 6.2 version of Linux. Well, I finally got the system online. I'm writing this post through KDE's Konqueror. Never did get the 6.2 to run but I did get the 8.0Pro on a partition. I set Linux up so it'll only boot through the diskette. My BIOS is set up that way.
I didn't want Windows getting crazy on me and that leads directly to my question.
I've got 2 SeagateHDDs. A 17 and a 20 both @5400 and both partitioned @ moreorless 50/50. Did it with FAT32 under DOS. I loaded 98SE first got all the drivers and things updated and got it running.
Then I loaded Linux same thing. Got everything online on both systems. Reason I'm typing this through my Linux system is the fact that I can't get W98SE to boot. It'll flash the boot screen twice after the initial boot then the WINDOWS logo and HANG (MJ eat ur heart out!!! ) ) I hit reset it'll go thru SAFE-MODE. I then run scandisk and restart same thing. I've even reinstalled 98SE after the Linux. Zilch!!! I thought it might have something to do with my RAM (got 896MB) so I turned it down to 512. Still the same thing. I don't want to FORMAT because that'll screw up Linux. I still need Windows because I've only been running Linux for about 4 days counting today. I like it by the way but there is so much more to research on it. Books I've got but in German and although I can read, write and understand the language, I still prefer english when it comes to the TECH stuff. I'd appreciate it if any1 has ideas.
Thanks,
VAGABOND
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it!
I've been toying with the idea since a friend of mine gave me a 6.2 version of Linux. Well, I finally got the system online. I'm writing this post through KDE's Konqueror. Never did get the 6.2 to run but I did get the 8.0Pro on a partition. I set Linux up so it'll only boot through the diskette. My BIOS is set up that way.
I didn't want Windows getting crazy on me and that leads directly to my question.
I've got 2 SeagateHDDs. A 17 and a 20 both @5400 and both partitioned @ moreorless 50/50. Did it with FAT32 under DOS. I loaded 98SE first got all the drivers and things updated and got it running.
Then I loaded Linux same thing. Got everything online on both systems. Reason I'm typing this through my Linux system is the fact that I can't get W98SE to boot. It'll flash the boot screen twice after the initial boot then the WINDOWS logo and HANG (MJ eat ur heart out!!! ) ) I hit reset it'll go thru SAFE-MODE. I then run scandisk and restart same thing. I've even reinstalled 98SE after the Linux. Zilch!!! I thought it might have something to do with my RAM (got 896MB) so I turned it down to 512. Still the same thing. I don't want to FORMAT because that'll screw up Linux. I still need Windows because I've only been running Linux for about 4 days counting today. I like it by the way but there is so much more to research on it. Books I've got but in German and although I can read, write and understand the language, I still prefer english when it comes to the TECH stuff. I'd appreciate it if any1 has ideas.
Thanks,
VAGABOND
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it!