is an assurance that your desired Windows partition starts at sector 0. Otherwise, Windows 98 won't accept it. (Windows 2000 might; however, it may try to install NTLDR - the boot loader - onto the drive at sector 0.)
If data loss on the hard drive is not an issue, you could try my crude-and-elaborate workaround:
Boot a Linux CD (Knoppix might do, I always use a SuSE CD, and start in "rescue system" mode). Run "fdisk /dev/hda", remove all partitions. Windows/dos fdisk doesn't understand non-Windows partitions, and cannot delete them. Maybe the ultimate boot CD mentioned yesterday can help too.
Reboot, now with a dos/win98 boot floppy/CD.
Now run fdisk, create your primary partition, and activate it.
After that, reboot+install.
If data loss is an issue:
Install X brand Linux.
Burn CDs with data.
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