[ILUG] reinstalling windows!

[Niall Sheridan]

Try running 
setup /?
To list all command line switches
Theres one there that forces setup to skip scandisk (I think its /is).  You
could give that a try.
Just bear in mind that installing windows will overwrite LILO, so keep a
boot disk handy.

Cheers,
  Niall
 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Alex O'Connor [mailto:oconnoat at tcd.ie] 
Sent:	30 March 2000 2:13 PM
To:	ilug at linux.ie
Subject:	[ILUG] reinstalling windows!

Hi,
 I just installed Mandrake 7.0 off the PC PLUS DVD, but I made a mistake
with partitioning the drive, and lost my windows partition. I had the "after
1024th cylinder" problem during the install, so I created a /boot partition
at the first sector to let me boot under LILO. 
Linux works grand, but I can't get windows to reinstall, because SCANDISK
returns an error that it cant read the last cluster (i think). 

Will I be able to get my machine dual booting without deleting my linux
partitions?

Finally, can anyone recommend a cheap linux-compatible external modem (pref.
56k) ?

thx in advance,
Alex.

BTW: I found when installing that there was a problem with the boot disk
creator. It works if you use the dos program tho.
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