I can't believe I'm gonna ask this!! LOL

[Chappie]

Hello,
well I need to know how to do this because I am trying to install Vector Linux on my win 2000 pro machine. I have to resize my partition so I can create a partition to install Linux on. I am runnin win 2k in the ntfs file system. So, How do I creat a bootable floppy in Win 2k. Please, I know I should know how to do this but for some reason I don't. LOL
thanks,
Chappie

 

[orbadelic]

there should be an option under the format dialog to copy system files, but I think that could be gone...I haven't created one in a while since I always have my trusty win98 bootcd

 

[Panther505]

There is no bootable disk in W2K. Remember that this is not your Daddy's 98... There is no reason according to MS that the user would need to "boot to DOS". So if you are going to resize then you will need to sys a disk from a win98 box because Windows ME has almost the same problem as w2k.

 

[UnixFreak]

<< There is no bootable disk in W2K. Remember that this is not your Daddy's 98... There is no reason according to MS that the user would need to &quot;boot to DOS&quot; >>




Seems like they are stripping more and more power from you every OS...
I am sure glad My OS of choice lets me do what I want, instead of telling me what I want to do... he hee

Sounds like you need to run Fdisk of your distros CD, if you can boot from CD.

 

[DFB]

If you need a boot disk in a hurry, and don't have quick access to a Win9x machine to make one, you can try www.bootdisk.com.

 

[Kappo]

yes you can create setup disks...(these are the boot disks...it has all the utilities that you are looking for like fdisk, ect...)


To create setup disks

Insert a blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB disk into the floppy disk drive.
Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type d:\bootdisk\makeboot a: (where d: is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), and then click OK.
Follow the screen prompts.

You will need four blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup Disk Four.
Note:
You can create the setup disks from a computer running any version of Windows or MS-DOS.

 

[Panther505]

Kappo,

Those are the W2K setup disks- very different then a startup disk. If you read the initial post you will see that Chappie is trying to resize a partition to install Linux on. Unless the &quot;setup&quot; disks have changed from the last time that I used them (Prior to RC3) then I doubt that he will get anywhere close to what he is trying to do with those disks. I suggest a 9x boot disk then running the partitioning PRGM of choice. Doing it that way is fairly tried and true..