Re: Total newby switching to SuSe 8.2

From: ray (pdqxyz_at_zianet.com)
Date: 10/04/03 

Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 08:58:57 -0600

News wrote:
> Hi, hope someone can help me.
>
> I run a 2 (sometimes 3) PC network thru a hub. My PC is the main PC with a
> cable modem connection. " main PCs run Win XP Pro, 3rd pc which is
> sometimes connected runs Win 2K. Main PC uses Internet Connection Sharing
> (ICS) to allow other PCs on network access to the web.
>
> I want to install SuSe Pro 8.2 on my PC, but also keep Win XP Pro (for work
> reasons). I have partition Magic & am considering creating 3 partitions.
> One for XP Pro, one as a common shared partition so I can share files across
> Win XP & Linux & one for Linux.
>
> ICS must work for all other PCs on the network regardless of which OS I have
> booted on my PC.
>
> My XP Pro currently uses NTFS.
>
> What I intend to do is:
>
> 1. Create common partition for file sharing (Say 10Gb).
> 2. Format the shared partition as FAT32 (I believe this is required for
> Linux to access it)
> 3. Create Linux partition (Say 30Gb).
> 4. Format Linux partition as FAT32.
> 5. Install SuSe 8.2 in Linux partition.
>
> Questions:
> I see form the SuSe instructions that it does some partitioning. Since I
> want to keep my Win XP partition as NTFS, are the above actions appropriate
> to achieve my objective?

That should work

>
> Do I have a choice where SuSe gets installed? i.e in the third partition?

yes, you can designate where it goes.

>
> Will the SuSe installation perform additional partitioning? If so, what
> will be the effect of this?

If you want it to. If not, then it will not insist.

>
> Will the SuSe installation set up a dual boot system on my PC? (I have
> BootMagic as part of PartitionMagic and could set this up myself if
> necessary)
>

yes.

> Will my aims outlined above work?
>

looks good from here.

> Any other comments / warnings?

There is some degree of ntfs access provided in the later Linux kernels.
There is also a program available for MS that will read linux ext2 and
ext3 file systems. I believe it is explore2fs or some such - think I got
it from tucows.

>
> Thanks
>

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