Installation order for VISTA/RH5 dual boot

Everyone,

I've seen conflicting information on whether this indeed a
preferred/required order to get Windows Vista and RH Enterprise 5 dual
boot
working correctly.

I installed Vista first on a 160GB hard drive. This is the current disk
configuration:

I'm not even sure how I would do it by installing VISTA first. I
installed it first with:
Partition 0: 75MB (boot partition??)
Partition 1: 120GB Vista
Free Space of 20 GB for RH
Partition 2: Vista Recovery

RH installation complained that there was no room for /boot partition
even though there was 20GB of
Free unpartitioned disk for RH (I'm guesing it needs to be "near the
front").

I've heard that Vista will wipe out the /boot information (or ignore any
other O/S that may be present) if I install RH first.

Currently I'm sitting with the above configuration and am thinking of
reinstalling with RH first.

Any information greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Jim

--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Relevant Pages

  • Re: lost vista after xp install and I cant access vista dvd...
    ... OS onto it in hopes you could dual boot? ... Vista was preinstalled I think, ... Earlier, Vista was working, I installed Ubuntu for no specific ... partition from the shrink function in the disk management partition ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Deleting old system Partition
    ... It probably also contains some boot files. ... Boot into Vista. ... Rename F:\Program Files to F:\Program Files.xp ... a system active primary partition (the one I wish to reformat/or delete so ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.file_system)
  • Re: Moving Vista to another pc-how to remove it
    ... it departition, partition, and format. ... That should get rid of the Vista ... Then go into BIOS and tell it which disk to boot from. ... Vista and install it on a computer where it will work ok for me. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: Reinstalling fresh XP into XP/Vista dualboot
    ... When you installed Vista, the boot manager installed previously by XP was replaced with the one that comes with Vista. ... This does not use the boot.ini file in the root of the "system" partition, but instead uses the the "BCD database" in the folder named "boot" in the root of the system partition. ... If you do a new install of any Windows version prior to Vista, the boot manager for Vista will be replaced with the boot manger from that version of Windows. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Acronis True Image 10, false labelling on the box! Vista cloning in a dual boot situation, not a
    ... | the boot partition is another issue as well. ... a new Vista design to the boot files. ... The change in Vista from the boot.ini to the BCD file has meant that getting a ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)