Grub & Windows 98

[PsypherPunk]

i've got a spare partition (hdb9) which i'm hoping to install Windows 98 on. This is the setup i'm going to try out shortly (i'd previously tried it without the 'map' entries which didn't work):

title Windows 98
        map (hd0,0) (hd1,8)
        map (hd1,8) (hd0,0)
        rootnoverify (hd1,8)
        chainloader +1

However, do i need to 'hide' any of the other partitions? hda1 and hda2 are NTFS and FAT32 Windows partitions respectively.

[Nerderello]

what you're doing is "fooling" uncle bills pride and joy that it lives on the first hard disk (/dev/hda whatever or (hd0,whatever)). You see, windows demands that it be on the first hard disk . I think it can cope with not being on the first partition, but it demands the first hard disk (can't remember if I've had it on a non-number 1 partition, but I think it copes with it).

Here's a copy of my grub.conf

default=0
timeout=15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1398_FC4)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 hda=38792,16,63 selinux=1
        initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4.img
title SUSE LINUX 10.0
    root (hd0,4)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31a selinux=0    resume=/dev/hda3  splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd
title Windoze 98 se
        map (hd0) (hd1)
        map (hd1) (hd0)
        rootnoverify (hd1,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader +1
title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1398_FC4)  without selinux
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/1 hda=38792,16,63 selinux=0
        initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1398_FC4.img

As you can see, Win98se lives on my second hard disk.

have fun

Nerderello


ps. no, you don't have to hide any other pertitions, but you may find that win98 will ask you if you want to format them (answer NO) if you try and access a non-microsoft partition.

[muha]

Mine also has the hide function to get it to work for XP (i guess it's the same for win 98 ):

title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
unhide (hd1,0)
hide (hd0,0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
makeactive

/edit: a couple links to help you on your way:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...OS_002fWindows
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showt...hreadid=143973
http://www.linuxgeek.net/beginners/node63.phtml