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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, William Gray wrote:
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> In about a week, I will be building an SMP system which will run both
> Redhat 6.0 and Windows NT. I've heard many times that it's smart to
> install windows first, but in this case, it is inconvenient. Is there any
> way to create two partitions to start with, and to install Linux on the
> second one, *before* NT or anything else has been installed onto the first
> (and before the first has been formatted).
You can, however, if you're going to do this, MAKE SURE THAT YOU CREATE A
BOOT/RESCUE DISK SET. The reason for this being that you will have to use
them to reinstall LILO when you have completed the Windows NT install.
> Also, is it possible to use NT with FAT or FAT32 and, if so, what are the
> benefits of using NTFS instead (I know this isn't a windows mailing list,
> but frankly, I've no experience with NT).
If you use FAT (you can't use FAT32) then you will run into a file
security problem. You MUST use NTFS if you want any type of permissions
security at all.
> Finally, I've read the NT + Linux mini-howto, but am still wondering if the
> NT bootloader must be used, or if Lilo can be used without the NT
> bootloader's "help."
You must use the NT bootloader - make sure that the bootloader for NT is
on the bootsector of the NT partition.
> Thank you for any help you can give on this matter, and I look forward to
> the task at hand (assuming what I describe can at all be done).
>
> P.S. If it helps in any way, the hard disk will be a 9.1GB SCSI drive, and
> the RH install will be done off a bootable SCSI CD-ROM drive (both
> connected to an on-board Adaptec controller).
In this case, just create the Red Hat Rescue Disk - the boot disk is
essentially the CD-ROM.
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