Re: Setting up PC for dual-boot Linux and Windows XP

From: gary (gary_at_garysbox.lan)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:16:15 GMT

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:53:27 -0500, John Seeliger wrote:

> I just built a PC and have a copy of Red Hat Linux Deluxe Workstation 7.1.
> I am planning at some point in the future to put XP on it. How should I
> partition it to do it properly, so it won't have to be redone later?

Install away and add a second hard drive later for your WinXP
installation. You will probably need to re-install Grub/Lilo, as the
Windows bootloader will overwrite your current bootloader. You would be
better off going for RH9 as it will have better driver support, the
2.4.xx kernel, and you will be able to read your NTFS partitions. Don't
mess about with creating vfat partitions to swap files between the OSs,
use a 256Mb USB Solid Disk drive.
Enjoy
Gary

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