Jun,
I think you might be better off posting this question on a Red Hat
list. But first, read as much of the How-to's from
://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP. There are how-tos on how to multi boot,
multiple partitions, NT+Linux partitions, etc
--- Jun Qian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> G'day all,
>
> I have a task asked by client to partition a 8.4G harddisk for win98,
> NT
> and Linux multi-boot system. I have already partitioned and formatted
> one FAT32 (3G) and one NTFS (2.5G). but the Linux the client provided
> to
> me (Red hat 4) has a problem. He only gave me 6 CDs without any boot
> disk, I cannot boot from the Linux CDs either.
>
> My questions are:
> 1) how can I make Linux partition while I don't have any Linux boot
> disks?
> 2) the client also asked to do a SINGLE Linux partition for the rest
> of
> HDD, but all I heard from this list and other Linux people is Linux
> needs a swap partition for installation and running. So I think it is
> impossible to do what client asked for, however he said he saw
> someone
> else did this (single partiton) before. So, is it possible to do so?
> 3) As a part of the partition processing, I had to install win2000
> (beta
> 3 built 2081) in order to do the NT partition. My next step is to
> install win98 on the FAT32 partiton, is there any problem with
> win2000
> and win98 dual-boot? is there any problem with Linux boot if I can
> manage the Linux partition? I ask this question because I have to
> test
> everything before hand over the computer.
> 4) I don't have partition magic, and I want to format the NT
> partition
> so when I give the machine to client, he will get a clean NTFS
> partition
> (I can't give win2000 to him), how can i do that?
>
> TIA
>
> J Qian
>
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