Re: dual boot with windows xp question

From: Ryan (rgaffuri_at_cox.net)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:05:23 -0400

Another question. I have a book that explains how to install an older
version of redhat. It said I have to make a boot disk. Can I boot off the CD
with redhat

I don't want to just pop the disk in. I don't want to screw something up
where I have to reformat my hard drive.

So write now I think:

1. Defrag hard drive(but not with windows defrag.. with what?)
2. Pop in Red 7.1 CD. Follow instructions. It will make the partitions I
need even though I have 60 GBs of data on my hard drive.
3. do I install the redhat dual boot software? If I do not will I get the
choose of what mode to boot up in when I reboot?
4. how big should my swap partition be?
"Ryan" <rgaffuri@cox.net> wrote in message
news:rB%rc.42766$Lm3.15897@lakeread04...
> so i do not need to run partition magic before installing red hat? I have
no
> partitions. 60GB of my 80GB hard drive are taken up with windows?
>
> what size do i need for the red hat swap drive?
> "John Hasler" <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote in message
> news:87pt8v6ge0.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org...
> > Ryan wrote:
> > > I have windows xp installed on an 80GB hard drive. I have used about
> 60GBs
> > > of space.
> > > 1. Do I need to partition my drive before attempting to install Red
hat?
> >
> > illecebra writes:
> > > Yes. You should also do a thorough backup of any files you do not
wish
> > > to lose. I have successfully resized an XP partition in the past with
> no
> > > data loss, but there is always a risk.
> >
> > However, he should not attempt to create Linux partitions with Microsoft
> > tools. He should leave the space intended for Linux unpartitioned.
> >
> > > At a bare minimum you need three partitions: Windows, Linux Swap, and
> > > Linux everything else. There are many other popular partitioning
> > > schemes, but this is the bare minimum.
> >
> > The Red Hat installer will take care of the creation of the Linux
> > partitions. Just leave it unpartitioned space to work with.
> >
> > > Yes. They use different file systems, and thus XP can't read files
> saved
> > > to the Linux partition.
> >
> > But Linux can read Microsoft FAT partitions.
> >
> > > Also, if Windows knew that another operating system were installed, it
> > > would eat it.
> >
> > Not true. Be aware, however, that if you re-install Microsoft Windows
> > after installing Linux it will overwrite the MBR so that you will have
to
> > boot Linux from a CD or floppy and run Lilo to repair the damage.
> >
> > Create as much free space on your drive as you can, back up your data
> > (which you do regularly anyway, right?) boot the Red Hat CD, and follow
> > instructions.
> > --
> > John Hasler
> > john@dhh.gt.org
> > Dancing Horse Hill
> > Elmwood, Wisconsin
>
>

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