Re: [OFFTOPIC]linux + WIN98

Anthony Barbachan (barbacha@trill.cis.fordham.edu)
Sun, 9 Aug 1998 01:55:23 -0400

Main possible problem: I think IBM still uses their proprietary MicroChannel
bus on their think pads. If this is the case on your new system, the
initial installation will be your first problem. I also hope you got the
installation media for all of your software, especially Win98. If you got
the OEM Win98 cdrom, then you may be in luck, you can use this bootable CD
to reinstall Win98. (Note: FDISK can be accessed from the \Win98 directory
on your Win98 cd) That recovery CD may not be worth anything, if I remember
correctly it basically wipes out your hard drive and dumps the original
installation back onto it. You'll also need a kernel which supports your
bus to install your Linux system (Note if MCA: either 2.0.35 (patched for
MCA) or a 2.1 kernel.)) You might also consider using the UMSDOS filesystem
which allows you to install linux on your FAT filesystem. (I heard that
UMSDOS now supports FAT32 but I am not sure)

-----Original Message-----
From: Garst R. Reese <reese@isn.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 08, 1998 7:45 AM
Subject: [OFFTOPIC]linux + WIN98

>Hi guys, sorry to intrude on the wonderful devfs list :), but I need a
>favor.
>I'm buying my lovely wife a ThinkPad 385. It comes with Win98, but I
>want to wean her off to Linux. W98 is installed on 2GB partition and
>there is an empty 1GB partition. It comes with a recovery CD, but that's
>it. No chance for a custom install. Her primary activity will be
>writing, so she needs LaTeX, ghostscript, LyX, and X + Netscape for
>surfing. If anybody has experience with a similar setup, good or bad, or
>can point me to a FAQ or HOWTO, it would greatly help.
>Me, I have a 486 with 20Mb ram, all linux 2.1.115, so I don't know jack
>about W$
>My real questions are "will lilo work?", Can I just move W98 to the
>smaller partition and have it work? I would have to trim it a bit,
>because all the shit they have loaded takes up 1.2GB.
>TIA
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