installation through Fedora

[Jerry Ro]

Hi,

Fedora; format the partition as fat32
> * boot off the DamnSmallLinux floppy; hopefully it has support for USB
> * copy the XP installation on the newly-created partition using the USB
> drive
> * boot off the Win98 bootdisk, go to the appropriate directory and start XP
> installation (by typing "setup" in the dos prompt, I guess); this should
> install XP on the drive
> * boot the XP; transfer the Fedora install image to the hard drive using
> USB
> drive
> * download and install VirtualBox to XP
> * create small Linux virtual guest in VirtualBox; point it to use physical
> hard drive for its partitions
> * install minimal Fedora as a virtual guest on the rest of the hard drive;
> try
> to put GRUB in the MBR, if possible --- if not, put it on the first sector
> of
> the /boot partition
> * boot DamnSmallLinux off a floppy, reinstall GRUB to MBR, configure it to
> chainload XP
> * boot XP to see if it still works
> * boot Fedora to see if it works at all
> * adapt Fedora to run on native hardware; clean up the VirtualBox mess
> * return the data from the backup
>
> Now, if this procedure fails at any step (and I can bet it will), your
> computer is hosed up, and don't expect anyone to help you pick up the
> pieces.
>
> All in all, I would really consider buying a DVD drive, or going virtual
> with
> XP, or just using Fedora as is (ditch the whole idea of XP). The IFBP
> method
> given above should just discourage you from trying out anything so insane,
> except maybe as a proof of concept that it can be done.
>
>
I see...
Okay, I guess that does not leave me too many easy options.
Thanks for your help...
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