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[Franz Waldmüller]

Richard Harmer-Brown schrieb:
> I want to load Ubuntu onto a computer ex win 98 but still with the DOS 
> partition, but I cant boot or start the CD
> 
Your BIOS must support booting from CD. Check all options in the BIOS 
setup. If the CD-Drive isn't listed as boot-device you have three options:
-) check the website of the manufacturer of the mainboard. There may be 
a BIOS-Update available

-) Boot from a USB-Flashdrive: since your MB doesn't support booting 
from CD-Drive yo won't have much luck booting from USB

-) Create a boot floppy: I just did a quick search but I only can 
provide a german tutorial. This might give you a hint for further research
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Bootdiskette
It is about downloading the image of the floppy
http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/Slackware/rootdisks/sbootmgr.dsk
And writing the image to the floppy, in Windows use the program rawwritewin
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
on Linux use the terminal:
  dd if=./sbootmgr.dsk of=/dev/fd0


Since your PC is running Windows98, Ubuntu might be two heavy.
Check out Xubunuu and Puppy Linux for a good Linux experience on old 
machines.

Wish you luck
Franz