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I used PartitionIt! to repartition win98 and it works fine...

I installed linux 5.1 on a system with win98 installed, those FAT32
partition cannot be accessed by linux, anyone got similar problems?

Do I have to change the partition type in fstab?


Michael wrote:
> 
> I was faced with a similar challenge, and here is what I found:
> 
> 1. The README file for FIPS specifically says NOT to use it to repartition if
> you are using a FAT32 system, which WIN98 has been trumpetting as one of it's
> grand innovations). Only use it with FAT16.
> 
> 2. Although Partition Magic is supposed to be able to reparition even FAT32
> without losing any of your data ... I still lost all my data. Luckily I had
> backed up the most important stuff (something that is strongly advisable,
> whether using Partition Magic or not).
> 
> It is entirely possible that I stuffed up somewhere along the line and that was
> why I lost everything, but either way I would make sure that I'd backed up all
> my data files before proceeding.
> 
> Next, read the installation instructions that can be obtained from books,
> various RedHat sites and quite likely your CD.
> 
> After that write down the specifications of all your hardware - especially your
> monitor's refresh rate (nobody said that it was going to be the picnic that
> Windows is to install!).
> 
> You will probably have to create a boot image disk using RAWrite so that you can
> do an initial boot to start the partitioning process. At this point it may be
> worth while writing down your disk's full capacity and dividing it up as fdisk
> is going to ask you for the number of megs that you want to allocate to each
> partition. You will probably want 2-4 paritions, one of which will be your swap
> file which is roughly twice your RAM.
> 
> Once you've named your mount points (partitions) and their sizes you'll be asked
> for your hardware specs. Selecting the correct graphics card and monitor are
> very important as the wrong ones can be detrimental to your system (so I've been
> told).
> 
> From there on you'll be selectin which software packages you want to install.
> 
> I hope I haven't left anything out.
> 
> Like I said, read the README file before you do anything.
> 
> Good luck, it's well worth the effort.
> 
> Michael Rosenthal
> 
> James Atkinson wrote:
> 
> > Its very easy....just repartition your Hard Drive, Win98 on 1 partiton and
> > Linux on another. I suggest you get Partition Magic to do this (or a similar
> > program) that can repartition your hard drive without destroying the data.
> > FIPS might work of you as well, it can split a parition without destroying
> > data. Partition Magic is much better thought because it allows you to resize
> > partitions as well without loseing data. Once you have the partition of
> > Linux its a snap to install! Good Luck
> >
> > James Atkinson
> >
> > David wrote in message <35cbfc57.0@tpg.com.au>...
> > >I am using windows98 and now also want to install red hat 5.0 on my one
> > >harddrive, how do I do it, can anyone direct me to notes on this topic?
> > >
> > >Thanking you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.
> > >Regards
> > >David
> > >
> > >