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ok, heres another question (actually a few)
#1- If i want to have Linux and WinXP on the same machine, whats the best way?
1a- Partition 80GB HD for WinXP and other "drive" for Linux
1b- One 80GB HD for WinXP, One 80GB HD for Linux
#2- If i go with "1a", can i share another 80GB HD for data storage?
#3- Is partitioning different for Linux from XP (how do i do it)?
#4- Will WinXP see the Linux partition?
#5- When booting up, how do i choose which OS to boot?
thanks alot!
Mark Hensler posted this at 03:55 — 4th May 2003.
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1 - up to you
2 - yes
3 - eh.. yes
4 - no, but linux can read NTFS
5 - lilo will prompt
mairving posted this at 11:19 — 4th May 2003.
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Partitioning is different in Linux. It depends on which flavor of Linux that you are using. Mandrake, Redhat and others have an option to auto-partition it for you. Basically you would have a root, swap, usr and home partition. I use fdisk for Linux to set my own partitions.
You probably won't need a 80Gb for both OS's. If you installed both disks of Mandrake, you would only have about 2Gb used. XP may be a little more once you get your programs installed.
As Mark said, lilo will give you dual booting capability if you install Linux after XP. Make sure that you make a boot disk with your Linux setup.
Mark Irving
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kb posted this at 16:39 — 4th May 2003.
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ok thanks!
Mark Hensler posted this at 20:24 — 4th May 2003.
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I can't imagine filling a 80GB drive with linux stuff. Though, I do quite well filling drives with Windows stuff.
Feel free to mail me any spare drives you've got.
Mark Hensler
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Busy posted this at 23:00 — 4th May 2003.
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or me
kb posted this at 00:09 — 5th May 2003.
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lol i'll keep that in mind
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