news@absamail.co.za wrote:
> I've invested substantial effort in installing some applications
> [in different versions of linux] on a 40 GB IDE, where I can read
> the FAT hda1 also.
>
> With the 32 GB limiting strap the BIOS can auto-detect the IDE
> and linux can of course read every thing.


> Since hda1 has enough space I could install W98 there, except that
> I can't get DOS to see hda1.
>
> If I used WIN/DOS-fdisk, I fear I could loose all my linux installations.

No.
>
> Please advise how I could run W98 from this 40 GB IDE which has
> still ample free space, without risking my existing linux installations,
> and without a major rearrangement of the IDE.
>

Just recognise this partition in FDISK and format it and install.
Make sure that it IS the only partition that you work with.
If not sure, delete it in linux fdisk and create a smaller partition
with FDISK (500M-1G is plenty for Win98).
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> == Chris Glur.
>
Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla.