Re: Advice on NTFS and Linux

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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:31:57 GMT

John Culleton wrote:

> 1. So how hard/easy is it to create an NTFS style partition and load
> Windows on a machine that already has Linux installed? Any gotchas to
> look out for?

... just resize any partition(s) to allow room
for the new NTFS partition.

after you install win2k/eXPensive, you'll have to
use your Linux CD#1 and 'boot installed system'
(however you do that for your distro), then rerun
GRUB/LILO to reinstall to the MBR

you do this because m$ OSes are MBR-destructive

> 2. Is there a difference beween Win2K and XP as far as the NTFS file
> system, ease of install etc?

... they each install as expected. the eXPensive
NTFS is different then win2k's.

> 3. I assume Windows will have to be on the first drive. Must it be on
> the first partition also?

... no
.

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