RE: [PLUG] Question about dual booting install.

["mike.h" <mike.h@stemik.com>]

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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