--- Rick Kunath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 don't recommend Partition Magic because of the way > it always expects > to see a partition end on a cylinder boundary > (Microsoft's partitioning > tool creates partitions this way, but it isn't > necessary, other OS's > don't, and it doesn't affect operation.) > > If I have to do partitioning from Windows I use > Paragon Hard Drive > manager. But you don't really need it. The partition > tool in Mandriva > will do a good job also, and can resize your FAT or > NTFS partitions easily. > > Partition Magic is OK as long as it's the only tool > you use, and don't > try to resize any non M$ partition later, and use > the other OS to format > it's partitions. > > > > > 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. > > > > Lilo works fine as a bootloader, and will happily > boot Windows. I > usually set up my dual boot setups a bit > differently, but won't go into > that now. Some day if you are interested, search the > archives for XOSL, > and you'll discover the thread we had going on > bootloaders and boot schemes. > > If you puke a lilo install in the MBR, you can > always recover a working > Windows boot with the Windows recovery console and a > /fixboot and > /fixmbr command, then reinstall lilo. Do make a boot > floppy for Linux, > though just to be safe. > > > 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. > > > > Fine. What you have ready will work nicely. If your > M$ partition is NTFS > you will see it from Mandriva, read only. It it's > FAT you can read-write. > > I wouldn't change anything about the partition you > set up for Linux. You > can do that with the Mandriva installer. Here's what > I'd do with the > Mandriva installer: Delete the EXT3 partition you > made. > > If you didn't create an extended partition (maybe > you did?), create that > with the drive space above your Windows partition, > and put the below in > it. If you already did, follow the scheme below. > > Create a Linux Swap partition of 2x your RAM or 512 > megs max. Then > create a ReiserFS partition with the rest of the > space. I prefer > ReiserFS over EXT3 because it is a lot more > resilient to data loss. I've > lost stuff to EXT3, but never ReiserFS. It's also a > bit faster on > access. You'll see it as a choice in your Mandriva > installer, when you > get to the partitioning part of the install. > > Use the Mandriva partitioning tool to format the 2 > Linux partitions. > > > When you mention: "Just do a defrag before > installing > > Linux", you mean the Windows defrag? > > Yes, just windows. You don't defrag Linux. (It's got > a proper file > system :) ) But you're all set already. > > What are you going to do about a bootloader? Use > Mandriva's to boot > Linux or Windows? This'll work fine, and is the > default. If you have > something else in mind, let me know, as you'll have > to put the Linux > bootloader into the linux / partition rather than in > the drive's MBR. > Then you chain to it with some other bootloader. > > Really, using Mandriva's is simple and reliable. > That's what I usually > do. It'll set itself to do the Windows and Linux > boot list automatically > for you. > > I've done way too many M$ installs, and the Mandriva > installers beat > Microsoft's hands down. This will be a fun project. > And you're going to > love linux. > > Rick Kunath > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > "If I have to do partitioning from Windows I use Paragon Hard Drive manager." This is what I call Partition MANGER. I used to like Partition Magic, but now days I use Partition Manager. Basically, I feel secure with thir booting system. Thank you for all your comments. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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