Thanks for reminding me, be sure to defrag XP twice before resizing your partition.. It does help..
DS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wright > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:15 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question > > Also...the Mandrake 10 install includes a utility (runs during the > install) to resize your partitions. It did a very nice job > when I set up a dual boot on my XP laptop which had a single > 40GB NTFS partition. > Of course, it was a pretty new install, so there wasn't a lot > of fragmentation...if you've been using the XP partition for > a while, it might be harder to do, as I don't think the > Mandrake utility will move data. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Turnpike Man > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:18 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question > > > RHL 9 End of Life was April 30, 2004. Newbie should try > Fedora Core 2, Mandrake 10 or SuSE 9.1? (whatever is the > latest). You'll need empty space > (unpartitioned) on your harddrive or a second harddrive in > your system. > > Best practice: BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA before proceeding. This > way, if you do hose your winXP, you can always rebuild and > have all your data safe. > > good luck, > David M. > > --- Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > First of all, if it hasn't already gotten there, RH9 is within > > spitting distance of official end-of-life, which means no > more updates > > > from Red Hat. Skip it and install Fedora Core 2. > > > > Now, to address your actual question.. When you run the > installer, > > when you get to the boot loader configuration (I strongly suggest > > using grub), you'll need to add an entry for your XP > installation (no, > > > it won't find it automagically; at least, it didn't for > me). You'll > > need to know the partition on which your XP boot image resides, and > > choose a label. Unfortunately I don't have direct access to my > > grub.conf for that machine from where I am sitting right > now, or I'd > > give you more detail. It's not difficult to do at all, > though. I'm > > pretty sure all you need is the partition and a label, and > it'll show > > up in your boot menu. > > > > HTH, > > ~Brian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Byarlay, Wayne A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:23 AM > > Subject: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question > > > > > > Question: I want to install RH9 (perhaps others to come > afterward), on > > > my current XP machine. > > > > My question is(and I'm sure the answer is yes, but why not ask the > > experts first:), is RH smart enough to ask me to "dual > boot", and not > > kill my XP installation? (Still need to play Starcraft, you know. :) > > > > wab. > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member > > Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member > > Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG > Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG > Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
