On Wednesday 28 Sep 2005 20:17, Ricardo Rodriguez wrote: > > "Are you going to dual-boot some version of Windows > and Linux? If so, the Mandriva installer will do a > nice job of it." > > Yes, I'm dual booting and for doing this I have just > got a very cool software called "Partition Manager" > which also deals with booting. > > I was very happy with Partition Magic before until I > learn that is now a product of Symantec. My old > version of PMagic does not work with XP, so I got the > PManager which was a good thing for me. > > I say that becuase as a newbie, depending on LILO/GRUB > with NTLDR I would have lost everything a few days > ago, so working with a 3rd parity software was my only > way out. > > Anyway, what I did with PManager was: paritioning my > 80GB in 50GB(XP for my wife and I) and the rest for my > linux to be installed. > > When you mention: "Just do a defrag before installing > Linux", you mean the Windows defrag? Should I do this > in both partitions? the linux partition is already > formated for Ext3 but I can still go back and change > the format. > > Would you re-word your recomendation in great detail? Thnx. > I would strongly recommend using Partition Magic to delete the partition that you are going to use for linux - being careful not to allow it to re-allocate it to XP. Then, when you install Mandriva it can install into a completely blank space. This is much safer than doing it into a partition created by PM.
One other thing - in case no-one has told you. Make a good-sized partition for /home, then let Mandriva do its stuff with everything else. That way, if you need to reinstall or upgrade your data is safe in your /home partition. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Mandriva hints & tips: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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