[TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question

[Dave Sorenson]

Thanks for reminding me, be sure to defrag XP twice before resizing your
partition.. It does help.. 

DS

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org 
> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Jim Wright
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Newbie RH Install Question
> 
> 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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