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Re: [PLUG] Question about dual booting install.
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one problem that I have run into is that my redhat refuses to mount my
win2k/ntfs partition as read/write..even by hand I can only mount it read/only
eventhough I specified at the cmd line I wanted the partition mounted as rw.
have any clues?
Dan
"mike.h" wrote:
> I have a dual boot, Win 2K and Redhat 8, machine. I installed RedHat first,
> partitioning the disk in the process. Basically, I split a large disk in 2
> and put all ext 3 and swap partitions on the "upper" half. The "lower" half
> I left unformatted. Then I installed Win 2K and formatted its partitions as
> ntfs. I put Grub in the boot sector. Works fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Donald Shierk
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:35 AM
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Question about dual booting install.
>
> Hi all.
>
> I am trying to do a dual install with Win 2000 Pro, and RedHat 8. Would
> anyone
> mind giving me any pointers or tips regarding the process to do this? When I
> try installing Windows first, it seems there is no option to partition the
> hard drive for the later Linux install. A friend of mine suggested that I
> might
> use the RedHat disks first to partition, then reboot, install windows, then
> go back to complete the RedHat install later. Is this feasible? I can't seem
> to get the Linux partitions to "take" in this manner, no matter how late I
> terminate the initial install.
>
> Thanks very much for any help.
>
> Don
>
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