Bjarki Bjorgulfsson wrote: > Thanks for the reply Forrest, > > I feel much more confident about doing this now, see additional comments > below: > > >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Bjarki Bjorgulfsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> >>>Hello all, >>> >>>I will be installing RedHat and Win XP on the same hard drive >>>on a laptop. I >>>was wondering if you could give me some good advice before I start. >>> >>>Here is what I'm going to do: >>> >>>1. Partition drive (Probably with Fdisk or with the XP >>>installation disk) >>> >>Make sure that you leave the space free (unpartitioned). >> > > Why does it need to be unpartitioned? Is it better to use Disk Druid to > format and partition the rest of the drive then to do it with fdisk?
Are you referring to DOS fdisk, or Linux fdisk--these are two different things? I usually just install Windows, forcing it to use less than the full disk, and leave the rest unpartitioned. That way I don't format it twice. >>>2. Install XP on first partition >>>3. Install Linux on second partition with the following partitions: >>>swap 512 >>>var 512Mb >>>home 1G >>>usr the space that's left. >>> >>You also need a root (/) partition. It doesn't need to be very large >>(256-512MB should be plenty). >> > > Yes of course, I forgot to mention that. > > My best, > - Bjarki B _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
