Re: [ILUG] Formatting a windows partition from Linux Dublin said: > If you copy the files from your disk to the c: partition and mark it as > active it should work ... Yeah, I figured that, but it doesn't seem to ... well, if that's the case I'll give it another go tonight, maybe come back with some error messages. Just to clarify for those who didn't understand me initially - I have a floppy drive installed, but it doesn't physically work. There's nowhere handy to pick one up where I am, and I don't fancy waiting a few days for one to arrive from Peats. Thanks for the answers, Ciaran. > > You especially need io.sys, command.com and msdos.sys > > your cd driver .sys and read the autoexec.bat and config.sys files for > hints on what you did with your boot floppy  > > P > > On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 14:07, Ciaran Johnston wrote: >> Hi folks, >> The situation is this: at home, I have a PC with 2 10Gig HDDs, and no >> (working) floppy drive. I have been running Linux solely for the last >> year, but recently got the urge to, among other things, play some of >> my Windoze games. I normally install the windows partition using a >> boot floppy which I have conveniently zipped up, but I haven't any way >> of writing or reading a floppy. >> So, how do I go about: >> 1. formatting a C: drive with system files (normally I would use >> format /s c: from the floppy). >> 2. Installing the CDROM drivers (my bootdisk (I wrote it many years >> ago) does this normally). >> 3. Booting from the partition? >> >> I wiped all my linux partitions from the first drive and created >> partitions for Windows (HDA1) Slackware and RedHat. I used cfdisk for >> this. I made the first drive (hda) bootable. I then installed the >> windows partition in LILO and reran lilo (installed in MBR). I copied >> the contents of boot.zip to my new windows partition and tried to boot >> it - all I get is a garbled line of squiggles. >> >> Anyone any ideas? I can't think of anywhere in Athlone to get a new >> floppy drive this evening... >> >> Thanks, >> Ciaran. >> >> >> >> -- >> Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie >> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription >> information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie --  Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information. List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie