Hi, I have got win95 installed o

[Noip]

Hi,

I have got win95 installed on a old pc.

I would like to setup a basic RH Linux Wstn on that PC.

But, My FDD controller hates me and it won't allow my FDD to read/boot from any floppy. I have tried the FDD with the FDD cable on another PC, works fine. Also, My Bios won't let me boot from CD.

I only have 1 partition. Is there a software that I can launch on the HDD (soft that I would install on the win95 thru CD) that would after booting on the HDD boot from the CD?

After successful CD boot up, I will be able to repartition the HDD and install Linux!!

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks

 

[pansophic]

Put your hard disk in a newer computer and install on that system. Then move the disk back to your old computer.

It can be a little painful to do this, especially if the newer computer has lots of RAM and good video, and the old computer has almost no RAM or a 1MB video card, but it can be done.


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[Noip]

It sounds a bit risky for me, since that could arise to come configs prob.

I'm looking for a small soft that I can install on the HDD that will prompt me for booting on CDrom or continue to boot my OS at each boot up.

Thanks

 

[pansophic]

AFAIK you cannot boot a system from the CDROM if the BIOS does not recognize that device as a valid boot device.

The config problems will generally be minor, but if you are unfamiliar with Linux, they can be a real pain.

Unlike MS, getting drivers on the system for most hardware is generally pretty trivial. In most cases, the drivers that you need are already on the distribution CDs.


pansophic

 

[RhythmAce]

You're gonna have to go back into bios setup and make this thing listen to you. Back in the olden days, when cd-roms were optional and only for the filthy rich, The boot sequence was A:, B: then C:. Some even let you select other devices such as network cards. You need to go in there and make it look at the A: (drive 0) first. I'm taking a wild guess that when someone installed the cd-rom they changed this setting and didn't put it back.

 

[Noip]

pansophic - sure for a newbie like me, it will be real pain when I'll put back the hard disk.

RhythmAce - I think I've miss something in your explanation!

Regards and Merry Xmas

 

[mattjurado]

"pansophic - sure for a newbie like me, it will be real pain when I'll put back the hard disk"

I think you'll be suprised on how well a disk with Linux from one machine can be moved to another, and it boots and functions fine. You might have to deal with something like a network card, but you can always post back for more help.

Its not like Windows, where drivers unravel if you move the disk to a different mainboard, or in the case of an NT based system, you get nasty blue screens!

Matt J.

 

[pansophic]

You might as well try moving the disk. You really have nothing to lose by doing it.


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