On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, David Zakar wrote:
If you're going to repartition the hard drive, this can be pretty easy.
I generally use two drives, but the theory is the same, I should think.
Use Linux fdisk to do the repartition. Make a hundred megs or so
of /boot at the start of the disk. The next partition should be Windows
(use FAT32). After that, make the rest of your Linux partitions
(/, /home, and swap are my usual choices).
Next, install WindowsXP. It _should_ give you a choice of where to
install it. Pick your FAT32 partition. Continue onwards.
Roger that. Anything I'll be missing out on by using FAT32 vs NTFS?
Then, install Linux. If you can help it, _don't use LILO_. GRUB is,
overall, the superior bootloader, since it doesn't have the inane 1024
cylinders limitation, and you can modify grub.conf without reinstalling
the entire bootloader. I don't know about you, but rewriting my MBR
every time I want to try a new kernel makes me nervous...
Again, I might be missing something, but LILO hasn't had the 1024 cyl
limitation for a while, (I don't think), and you can install to the
something-record of your root partition (I think). I have nothing against
GRUB, though.
thanks
Judah
