On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:19:55 -0400 "Henri Bouchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Hi if I put it on my drive that got Win XP will it work cause that > drive is NTFS as for the second drive wich is 80 gigs I used 23 gigs > for linux and when i finished installing it i could no go in the > balance of the diks say the 57 gigs left on the drive. You can still use those 57 GB, it depends on how you want to use it. If you want to use it for Mandrake, Diskdrake in Mandrake Control Center will allow you to create partitions and mount them. The type of partition is really up to you, but I guess use whatever you are using right now for Mandrake (ie. Ext3, ReiserFS, etc. see MDK Control Center under Mount Points). If you want to use the 57GB for Windows *or* for both you can use the Windows XP administrative tools to format the 57 GB as FAT32, then both MDK and Win will be able to use the space. > When i go into winxp and check my drives i only see the main drive and > not the second partition of the drive. Windows (deliberately?) cannot see Linux partitions or use them. As for what type of partitions to make, FAT32 will allow *both* systems to see and use the partitions, whereas if you format the 57GB as Ext3 (or whatever you use in Linux (again, see Mandrake Control Center under "Mount Points") then only Mandrake will see the partitions. > Would it be better to make 2 partitions on the second drive prior to > installation and can you tell me what kind of partition i make. you definitely don't need to reinstall! Yes, you could make 2 partitions if you wish, same as above applies. -- Joehill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: http://nodex.sytes.net 15:11:17 up 7 days, 13:15, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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