[TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question

[Jim Wright]

Also...the Mandrake 10 install includes a utility (runs during the
install) to resize your partitions.  It did a very nice job when I set
up a dual boot on my XP laptop which had a single 40GB NTFS partition.
Of course, it was a pretty new install, so there wasn't a lot of
fragmentation...if you've been using the XP partition for a while, it
might be harder to do, as I don't think the Mandrake utility will move
data.

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Turnpike Man
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:18 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question


RHL 9 End of Life was April 30, 2004.  Newbie should try Fedora Core 2,
Mandrake 10 or SuSE 9.1? (whatever is the latest).  You'll need empty
space
(unpartitioned) on your harddrive or a second harddrive in your system.

Best practice: BACKUP ALL YOUR DATA before proceeding.  This way, if you
do hose your winXP, you can always rebuild and have all your data safe.

good luck,
David M.

--- Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   First of all, if it hasn't already gotten there, RH9 is within 
> spitting distance of official end-of-life, which means no more updates

> from Red Hat. Skip it and install Fedora Core 2.
> 
>   Now, to address your actual question..  When you run the installer, 
> when you get to the boot loader configuration (I strongly suggest 
> using grub), you'll need to add an entry for your XP installation (no,

> it won't find it automagically; at least, it didn't for me).  You'll 
> need to know the partition on which your XP boot image resides, and 
> choose a label. Unfortunately I don't have direct access to my 
> grub.conf for that machine from where I am sitting right now, or I'd 
> give you more detail.  It's not difficult to do at all, though.  I'm 
> pretty sure all you need is the partition and a label, and it'll show 
> up in your boot menu.
> 
> HTH,
> ~Brian
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Byarlay, Wayne A." <wab at purdue.edu>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:23 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question
> 
> 
> Question: I want to install RH9 (perhaps others to come afterward), on

> my current XP machine.
> 
> My question is(and I'm sure the answer is yes, but why not ask the 
> experts first:), is RH smart enough to ask me to "dual boot", and not 
> kill my XP installation? (Still need to play Starcraft, you know. :)
> 
> wab.
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