[NTLUG:Discuss] Video install issue on Dell Latitude C800 with Red Hat 7.1 distro...

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> Fred James wrote:
> ...
> > Additional notes:
> > (1) The Dell supplied Windows 2000 would not install in VMware
> > Workstation 2.0.4 - but that should not come as a surprise because
> > VMware warns that such laptop distributions often will not install in
> > VMware.
> > (2) PartitionMagic currently will not shrink Windows 2000.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the info...
> 
> One way around this is to partition the laptop drive for dual booting
> and install Windows 2000 into a real partition.  Then install Linux
> into the other partitions and refer to the Windows 2000 partition
> directly in your VMWare configuration instead of setting up a
> virtual disk under VMWare.  I haven't tried this with Windows 2000,
> I just know it has worked for me with Windows 98.
> ...something to try...

This definitely works, I do this now (dual boot & tell VMware to use the raw
partition).  BTW, if you want PartitionMagic to shrink W2K, you need to have 2
floppy disks:  1) a DOS boot floppy, 2) the PQmagic programs.  Boot to DOS,
then put the other floppy in and run PQmagic from it.  This procedure is
documented in the PQmagic book.

See DOS is good for something beside Doom, Doom2, System-Shock, Duke-Nukem,
etc. :-)

Kevin