OT (sorta) Removing Linux

[Hewitt Tech]

I've had better luck moving a hard drive from one system to another but I
like your idea better. Basically, repartition and format the drive as a
bootable system disk (MS-DOS) and then copy the Windows kit to a directory
on the drive. That would certainly work and I've done that before too. One
nice thing about copying the kit onto the hard drive is that when Windows
inevitably demands the installation media, you only need to point it to the
kit so that it can get it's drivers etc..

-Alex

P.S. I just did a Libranet (Debian) based Linux installation which was
impressively smooth.
Another alternative (probably too expensive by the sounds of things) would
be to install Win4Lin on the Linux drive. Then the users can run Windows
apps to their hearts content.

----- Original Message -----
From: <bscott at ntisys.com>
To: "Greater NH Linux User Group" <discuss at gnhlug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: OT (sorta) Removing Linux


> On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, at 3:05pm, hewitt_tech at attbi.com wrote:
> > BTW, for small money you can pick up a 3.5 to 2.5 hard driver adaptor.
>
>   Yes.  I paid about $12 for my 44-pin adapter.  :)
>
> > Then you can install Windows to the 2.5 drive setup as master on another
> > box.
>
>   It is a much better idea to either (1) copy files needed to bootstrap
the
> CD-ROM reader to the hard disk, or (2) copy the contents of the Windows
> CD-ROM to the hard disk.  You can then move the drive back and do the
actual
> Windows install on the target computer.
>
> > ... you will likely go through several rounds of "found new hardware"
and
> > reboot cycles.
>
>   Indeed, and the new system will likely never be completely right in the
> head.  According to what Microsoft PSS (Product Support Services) has told
> me, MS-Windows will generally not survive a change in motherboard
correctly.
> Apparently, the device tree is tied to the motherboard type somehow, and
> switching that can permanently hose the device manager.
>
>   This was for Windows 95, as I remember, but I haven't seen anything to
> lead me to believe that things are different for any other version of
> MS-Windows.
>
> --
> Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do
not |
> | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or
|
> | organization.  All information is provided without warranty of any kind.
|
>
> _______________________________________________
> gnhlug-discuss mailing list
> gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
>