Comments | earwigmc: windows/PC help please!

earwigmc

windows/PC help please!

Jan 18, 2009 14:47

i'm trying to install windows 98 on the fujitsu lifebook, which has supported it before, but which has most recently had xubuntu (whcich it didn't seem to have the capacity for) installed on it... but i don't get very far before it mentions that the hard disc isn't in a format windows can put its files on (fair enough)... and when i advise setup to ( Read more... )

help request, computer

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My win98 is a bit rusty.... oilrig January 18 2009, 19:40:49 UTC

but can you boot from the CD drive? (might have to go into the BIOS and set it), the W98 CD has tools on it you can use manually, including format and partition setups - probably doesn't like the Linux partitioning.

Re: My win98 is a bit rusty.... earwigmc January 29 2009, 23:48:14 UTC

no, i tried that - it doesn't like the linux partitioning... :(

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earwigmc January 29 2009, 23:48:49 UTC

thanks. i will have ot investigate how to do this thing, when i have/find the time....

a_musing_amazon January 18 2009, 23:16:51 UTC

For Xubuntu its probably formatted in ext2 or ext3. Windows can also be finicky about the first partition have a right boot flag set.

There are *nix tools such as gParted that can be used to reformat to dos32 that Windows 98 should be able to understand. I've put gParted (with a small self-booting linux distribution on a CD and/or a floppy disk before so I'd expect you could also install it on a USB drive too.

I'd be reluctant to try and install Windows 97 these days if you want to go anywhere near the net - Microsoft stopped security patching it some time ago.

If you can't get xubuntu to fit there are smaller graphical linux distributions that will fit onto almost anything - some graphical distributions do fit into <2 Gb on an eeePC.

earwigmc January 29 2009, 23:52:09 UTC

thanks. i shall maybe look at gparted/suchlike. i'd need to install from cd (the laptop doesn't usually seem to respond well to anything via usb), but that needn't be a problem, i think...

cool re smaller graphical linux distributions =smile= any recommendations? the machine in question has pentium 1 processor i think, about 3gb of hard disk space, and 95 ram, iirc!

sei531 January 19 2009, 09:26:41 UTC

Hope you get it sorted. Try a smaller Linux distro. If you're wanting advice on that it might be worth posting up the specs of your laptop - RAM, processor speed, video card/memory.

~hug~

earwigmc January 29 2009, 23:56:30 UTC

thanks. yes, i think i might try a smaller linux. i know the answers to the first two, but not the video card/memory right now - i shall try and look into that when i have some more time-i-wish-to-devote-to-the-laptop.

=hug enjoyed and reciprocated=