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imthesponge:
ok this is what you've gotta do:
1. install linux on hda but leave a small (20 mb) fat partition at the end... (give it a volume label like win98 or something)
2. format the 4GB disk... put a volume label on it too
3. make a linux boot floppy
4. make the fat partition you created earlier active, and make the linux partition hidden
5. use a win98 startup disk and type dir c: and dir d: to check the label and make sure its the right partition
6. install win98, when it asks for an install directory put D:\WINDOWS
7. let it set up and everything when its finished go into fdisk and make the linux partition active again
8. boot up with the linux floppy, edit lilo to boot from the linux partition and the fat partition at the end of the disk (not the 4GB disk)

then it should work... i did it before to dual boot w2000 and win98 doing it with linux shouldn't be too hard

[ September 10, 2002: Message edited by: imthesponge ]

Calum:
that's a really good solution! i like it.  
quote:Well, not in my case - I'm using the 4GB disk to hold files I want to take to my new install, so naturally I can't install Windows on it (and I'm NOT installing Windows on the faster 40GB disk either) This is easier (a lot) than burning to CD or something, since I don't have a burner in this PC.
And it sure is easier than formatting part of the 40 GB drive, formatting the 4GB drive and installing Windows, backing up files, formatting part of the 40GB drive and installing Linux, restoring files, finish partitioning and then *really* restore everything how it should be.
--- End quote ---
that's actually what i would have done:

made 2 partitions on the big drive, one fat32 and one ext2 or ext3, then i would have stuck all the files on the fat32 partition and installed windows on the small drive (which would be the first hard drive) then i would make the big one the second drive and install linux onto it. this way i would have all my files on a neutral fat32 partition accessible by both systems.

edit:- but i think that imthesponge's solution is better...

[ September 10, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

voidmain:
The only problem with installing Windows on "D:" is you can then not separate the drives later. But then I would use both drives for Linux and skip the Winblows part altogether.    And use VMware if Windows is necessary like I do now. Then moving things around is easy.

Calum:
hey, isn't the 'installing window son d:' thing just so you can install it on the second drive? i was under the impression that you would later change it round so that physical drive would then be c:, but if d:/windows is hardlinked into the system then putting windows on the secondary drive seems a bit pointless to me.

foobar:
umm ... Void spoke somewhere about a FAQ ... is it going to be on the fuckmicrosoft.com portal ?
And if you would appreciate, could i help translating it into dutch ?

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