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OK, I think that if I install Windows 98se first (the latest Windows OS this small system can handle) and then use CFDisk, I can partition the remaining part of the hdd into three partitions while keeping Windows 98se intact.

If I understand correctly, this will:

Enable me to boot to DSL from LiveCD or to Windows 98se.
Enable me to save DSL settings, files and e-mails on one of the DSL partitions.

If this is not correct, correct me.

Please note: I have had to use the DSL boot image floppy and put KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX (or whatever that is) on the Windows 98se in Root for it to work, at least for one of the cases where I successfully booted into DSL and was able to use it. Perhaps this doesn't apply with what I am trying to do here?

Whether this is correct, I need to know the three partition types I need, what to call them, recommended sizes and and needed features to use in CFDisk to get them.

Then I need to know how to make sure DSL uses the proper partition for the proper purpose.

This is as far as I have come on my own. Every time I think I know what I need to do, I find something else on this site that seems to say to do just the opposite.

D.
Here's what I have done to TRY to make things easier.

No Windows 98, just one Linux primary bootable partition to use to store settings, files, email, data, etc.

#1-Do I need to use the hdd or any device to save email, files and settings etc? If I do, exactly what do I do to set it up to use hda1 for this and to pull it from this on boot? How do I get to the tools I need to do this and how do I use them?
If I only need to add an entry to the bootloader config file to make it save and restore everything on reboot, where do I find that file and how do I edit it?
Where are you now in the process?
Once you boot from the live cd, you can use cfdisk to create the partions you need:
one partion of about 200 MB will allow for growth - set up as type Linux
one partion of about 250MB - 500MB set up as a swap partion (type 82)
If you have more space, set it up as you please or leave it free
when that is done, you can automate the install to harddrive by using the install scripts located in the apps>tools>HD Install or apps>tools>frugal install.
The frugal install copies the img file from the cd and sets up the boot loader to have you boot up from there.
Either way, the install script walks you through it pretty easily.
Give it a try, enjoy the process, keep us posted!
--Ted
Quote (tedmoore99 @ May 28 2006,19:56)
Where are you now in the process?
Once you boot from the live cd, you can use cfdisk to create the partions you need:
one partion of about 200 MB will allow for growth - set up as type Linux
one partion of about 250MB - 500MB set up as a swap partion (type 82)
If you have more space, set it up as you please or leave it free
when that is done, you can automate the install to harddrive by using the install scripts located in the apps>tools>HD Install or apps>tools>frugal install.
The frugal install copies the img file from the cd and sets up the boot loader to have you boot up from there.
Either way, the install script walks you through it pretty easily.
Give it a try, enjoy the process, keep us posted!
--Ted

Well, I guess what I want to do is this.

I don't want to do a hdd install. What I want to do is boot from the  CD everytime and also find that all my e-mail, configuration settings, myDSL apps, basically everything that needs stored, saved or backed up, has been saved to and restored from the hdd as a storage device everytime and automatically.

I want to know how to make the hdd a storage device for that, then how to make sure DSL saves all my files, apps, configs and everything to that automatically.

That is what I now want to do. I have given up on trying to keep Windows 98se on there on another partition. I have also given up on the hdd install.

BTW, I think I have Frugal on the CD. In addition to the above, what should I have on the CD?
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