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Real DOS mode in Win Me problem

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by girimurthy

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HI
I bought a PC with Win ME pre-installed. Now i want to load Linux. That is I want both the OSes. In order to partition the harddrive , I need to go into Real DOS mode but F8 in Win ME doesnt take me there. I found out that this mode has been disabled. Is there a workaround for this?? Or what is the solution??
Regards
Giri

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by ann777

System Commander. Purchase it... install it, and create a partition for linux.

by marshallkeithusa

You have a couple of options you can run fips from a dos window or you can boot from the win me from the cd and choose run from cd with cd enabled. This will put you in dos mode and you will be able to run fdisk.

by whw

1] To get into Real DOS mode w/WinME you'll need to boot the system from a floppy. The system recovery disk from a Windows 98 system should work nicely. If you don't have access to this disk send email to wwelch_iii at yahoo.com and I'll email youand image and utility you can use to write a boot disk which should work.

2] Most Linux distributions will boot directly from the CD and include partitioning software as part of the install. Given that your system supports ME it should also support booting directly from CD. Might need to check your BIOS settings to enable it.

3] (Prefered) Buy Partition Magic and use it to re-partition you hard drive. At ~$70, it's not inexpensive, but it's definately worth the money

4] As a response to answer #2, I would definately NOT run fips from a dos window, not if you value the integrity of your harddrive. fips needs to run without interuptions and that can not happen in a multitasking enviroment such as WinME.

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