,,It would appear that on May 12, James Wilkinson did say: > I haven't done the tar bit, but I have done a Linux level copy from one > win98 install to another several times (old disk to new disk). > > You'll need to run SYS C: from that win98 rescue floppy to make the new > filesystem boot DOS. > > There are issues with mkdosfs -F32, the cluster size, and Windows > DEFRAG.EXE. Windows 98 FORMAT is constrained to use a specific number of > sectors per cluster, depending on the size of the disk: mkdosfs isn't. > If you choose a different cluster size to Windows, Windows itself will > work, but DEFRAG won't work. > > I suspect that this is a limit to the 16 bit program. > > Hoping that this isn't too far off topic, > > James. Thank you James. OK if there are issues with mkdosfs -F32, then I will probably need that win98 rescue floppy to preserve the ability to defrag... But I don't see why I'd want to sys c:? What does it put there that tar couldn't restore and wasn't going to be overwritten by the lilo -b /dev/hda? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>>
