FAT32 Partitions with Knoppix
Hi,
I'm trying to partition for Win 98 a number of HP Pc's with CD Readers, but no floppy drives (or IDE sockets). I've been going round in circles trying to create bootable CD's for DOS or Win98, but have used my Knoppix Bootable Linux CD successfully in order to prove to myself that the CD and CPU are OK.
From the Knoppix docs it appears that QParted is part of the bundled software. Can I use it to partition the hard drive - even temporarily so that I can read conventional DOS or Win 98 install CD's?
Change of Subject - I'm legally blind. How can I adjust the Knoppix screens to display larger icons and text?
Many thanks, JOhn
PS I'm stubborn enough to persist with software solutions to partition these hard drives, but if necessary I'll piggy back them temporarily to existing hard drives in PCs with floppy drives.
Re: FAT32 Partitions with Knoppix
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Originally Posted by John in Brisbane
Hi,
I'm trying to partition for Win 98 a number of HP Pc's with CD Readers, but no floppy drives (or IDE sockets). I've been going round in circles trying to create bootable CD's for DOS or Win98, but have used my Knoppix Bootable Linux CD successfully in order to prove to myself that the CD and CPU are OK.
From the Knoppix docs it appears that QParted is part of the bundled software. Can I use it to partition the hard drive - even temporarily so that I can read conventional DOS or Win 98 install CD's?
Change of Subject - I'm legally blind. How can I adjust the Knoppix screens to display larger icons and text?
Many thanks, JOhn
PS I'm stubborn enough to persist with software solutions to partition these hard drives, but if necessary I'll piggy back them temporarily to existing hard drives in PCs with floppy drives.
Ok, let me see what I can do here...
( 1 ) it appears your Win98 CD is a "upgrade", and not a "full version", thus, it won't boot.
( 2 ) you have personal computers without floppy drives, but have hard drives and a CD-ROM drive.
( 3 ) have been able to successfully test hardware enough to prove you can boot bootable CD-ROMs, and can boot Knoppix.
( 4 ) you can use "knoppix" to create DOS or FAT partitions, just no operating systems for these, you need DOS or Windows for that.
( 5 ) you can use "knoppix" to read DOS and Windows install CD's already, you can even read NTFS drives, and with the newer version of Knoppix, can even write to them.
( 6 ) you can either go into KDE Control Center and change the type font (point) size, or decrease your resolution on your video. Either of these two, or a combination, will effectively increase visibility - you can also use the KMagnifier (used to zoom in on the desktop where the mouse is at)
( 7 ) your welcome, hopefully, I helped.
( 8 ) you could do that as well, I have "cloned" hard drives before. As long as the drives themselves are not different, or the systems they are installed on. Just connect, duplicate, and take the "clone" out.
Now, my own thoughts....
It is always a good thing to use DOS or Windows to format DOS and Windows systems, and Linux for Linux systems. Not sure if your post was intended on getting your Win98 systems running, or Knoppix. From how I read your post, you are attempting to use Knoppix to get your Win98 systems to boot, this may not be the best way to go about that, considering that Knoppix is not Windows, and is Linux. You may want to use Windows to create a Windows bootable system.
Ms. Cuddles