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Re: [PLUG] Question about dual booting install.
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Daniel G Roberts said:
> 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?
1. Mounting NTFS as R/W in Linux is dangerous; the recommendation is R/O
2. I think you need to compile the kernel with NTFS R/W support, not just
NTFS R/O support.
> 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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