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cheap system w/linux - reformat for win98se
The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that
would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. The only other hardware it would be running is the floppy, a cd-rom, the hard drive, and a modem. I believe he may have thought I meant could I partition the hard drive to use both, but if I reformat altogether would I have any problems? Thanks guys! bbw |
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Brooke W. wrote:
The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. The only other hardware it would be running is the floppy, a cd-rom, the hard drive, and a modem. I believe he may have thought I meant could I partition the hard drive to use both, but if I reformat altogether would I have any problems? Thanks guys! bbw If you're gonna repartition the hard drive, you'd have to install Windows first. This is because the Windows bootloader would overwrite your MBR and I don't think you can use it to boot Linux. If you reinstall Linux second, you can set up either of its bootloaders to boot Windows. How on Earth would a mobo be geared specifically for Linux stuff btw? NC |
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"Brooke W." wrote in message ... The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. snipped that day has not yet come... all you need to do is check with the mfg or the motherboard to get any drivers you may possibly need if they are not picked up by windows to get rid of linux you will need to run a recent version of fdisk and first delete the non-dos partitions |
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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:20:02 -0500, Brooke W. wrote:
The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. The only other hardware it would be running is the floppy, a cd-rom, the hard drive, and a modem. I believe he may have thought I meant could I partition the hard drive to use both, but if I reformat altogether would I have any problems? Thanks guys! bbw Linux is a modern operating system that has drivers for modern hardware. Win98 is an antique that isn't going to have drivers for most of the components on that system. You may be able to load it in some crippled form then you'll have to go try and find all of the drivers you need, assuming they exist at all. If you really want to run native Windows on a new machine you should buy a legal copy of XP. If you want to run Win98 then you're best bet would be to by a copy of Win4Lin and install it on top of Linux. Win98 on top of Linux is a whole lot more stable than plain Win98 because it has a real OS underneath it. |
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NC wrote:
How on Earth would a mobo be geared specifically for Linux stuff btw? A lot of special-purpose hardware such as printers, cell phones, PDAs, Mars robots, etc. only run Linux. Linux is designed to run on anything. Systems based on non-x86 CPUs (e.g. Apples) don't run Windows. But mass-market x86 mobos all run Windows. |
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On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:51:13 -0400, General Schvantzkoph
wrote: Linux is a modern operating system that has drivers for modern hardware. Win98 is an antique that isn't going to have drivers for most of the components on that system. You may be able to load it in some crippled form then you'll have to go try and find all of the drivers you need, assuming they exist at all. If you really want to run native Windows on a new machine you should buy a legal copy of XP. If you want to run Win98 then you're best bet would be to by a copy of Win4Lin and install it on top of Linux. Win98 on top of Linux is a whole lot more stable than plain Win98 because it has a real OS underneath it. It is quite rare to find any new hardware without WIn98 support... it can be difficult to find USB2 drivers, sometimes not obvious which sound driver to use, but in general a *patched* win98 will run almost anything, up to limits of the OS (memory and HDD size support, etc). Integrated video, sound, nic, & chipset drivers for win98 should be quite easy to find. |
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"NC" wrote in message ... How on Earth would a mobo be geared specifically for Linux stuff btw? NC I have no idea - that is why I'm asking because it didn't make sense and I'm not an expert. Thanks bbw |
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You could add another hdd since they are quite cheap now and put Windows on
it and you could use either by the booting sequence in bios. Linux might come in handy and is worth knowing how to use. "Brooke W." wrote in message ... The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. The only other hardware it would be running is the floppy, a cd-rom, the hard drive, and a modem. I believe he may have thought I meant could I partition the hard drive to use both, but if I reformat altogether would I have any problems? Thanks guys! bbw |
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How cheap is it? Why don't you just build a system from scratch?
"Brooke W." wrote: The local Fry's is offering a cheap AMD system that has all the basics that would be perfect for daughter and school. It has Linux already loaded. My question is this: if I don't really want linux, but would like to just load one of my cc's of Win98se on it, could I run into any problems doing this via full reformat of the hard drive? The guy at Fry's told me that since Linux was already loaded etc, that there could be conflicts with hardware drivers and such if I were to try and force it to use Windows too. The sound and video are onbaord, but he said that the motherboard might possbly be geared specifically for linux stuff. The only other hardware it would be running is the floppy, a cd-rom, the hard drive, and a modem. I believe he may have thought I meant could I partition the hard drive to use both, but if I reformat altogether would I have any problems? Thanks guys! bbw |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:55:17 -0400, JK wrote:
How cheap is it? Why don't you just build a system from scratch? Not everyone capable to build up system from scratch. If everyone capable to do that, all those big boys such as Dell will be out of business. -- WebWalker |
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