Re: how can i install win98se on this old laptop?

From: keith (keith_at_-REMOVE-iol.ie)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:04:51 GMT

"hugh jass" <hugh_jass@obvious.moonman.com> wrote:

>I used to run win98 on it and then got sick of it...
>Then I tried to install Gentoo linux on it and didn't quite succeed, so it's
>been sitting idle for a while.
>Now I urgently need to put win98 on it again so I can take it on a trip...
>When I insert the win98SE CD and boot up, all I get is a cursor (looks like
>an underscore).
>I've only installed windows from DOS or older versions.
>How can I:
>1. remove any linux stuff that's on there now (would like to format c: if I
>could)
>2. install win98 on an empty machine.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>hj
>
>By the way, the laptop is an Asus P2-266mhz with 64Mb ram.
>
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>please remove the obvious from my email...
>
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IIRC, windows fdisk will *NOT* remove non dos (ie fat32,fat16)
partitions.
if you have linux partitions you need to use a linux fdisk to remove
them first.
boot with a linux install CD, choose "manual" or "rescue", drop to a
shell and run fdisk to delete the partitions.
"w" to write that to disk, then reboot with windows CD

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