Re: [PLUG] Question about dual booting install.

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

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Concerning the NTFS writing you need to compile your kernel to be able 
to write to a NT file system.

CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set

The above is the default kernel setting but you can change it.  The 
kernel documentation states that setting NTFS_RW is dangerous.

Daniel G Roberts wrote:
> 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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