<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> If you have the Win98 CD and need to run those games under Win98 (ie they won't run under a later Win version), I think you can boot that CD, if you can get the boot sequence changed so that the CD is first in the list. As I recall, the Win 98 CD will do the format for you during the install. Back then Windows would take over the entire drive, if it can, or at least all of the first partition. Also it will format as fat 16 and you can later convert it to fat 32 for better utilization of the space. The suggestion to install wine, sounds to be that you'd have to be starting with one of the linux distros. If you don't need linux on that box, the Win install should blow it away. You might need a Win boot floppy to start and then use the utilities there to reformat the drive. HTH, Dave . cj wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:46BF3399.8030302@gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Linda Hanigan wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have an unused computer setting around that has unbuntu installed on the hard drive. I replaced it with a newer and faster computer. My son really wants to play his sisters old win98 games. Since I still have a Win 98 CD for the computer I thought about reinstalling win 98 on it for him. Does anybody know what I have to do to reformat the drive as a vfat? I assume boot from cd and run mkfs.vat /dev/hda Linda </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">try using wine. to install wine, type: sudo apt-get install wine i definately do not recommend installing windows 98 at all. Ubuntu is more stable then windows 98 and more secure as well. --cj </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- David E. Scott 614-457-1037 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:DScott91@Columbus.rr.com">DScott91@Columbus.rr.com</a> Software Development Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://home.columbus.rr.com/davescott/">http://home.columbus.rr.com/davescott/</a> </pre> </body> </html>