Dual Booting OS

[Ryan]

Im going to dual boot RH 7.2 and Win 2k Pro. I got Partitaion Magic 8 to shrink my NTFS partition.. should I format the empty space on the HDD with a Linux file system? Or leave it blank?

Also, what software will i need for a boot screen? One that asks user if they want to run RH or Windows.

Thanks!

you'll need to use a linux FS when you install, ext3 or reiser, etc.

[Ryan]

Partation Magic has the option to format an empty partition with a linux fs.. use it? or just leave the partitation blank?

[Weasel Meat]

I would say leave it blank.

you need at least a /boot <swap> and / (root) partition. The installer can autoset that or you can do it manually from the installer

[Ryan]

ahh ok thanks. That was another question i had.. got some stuff ill want to transfer over (music for those long nights of shell emulation )

[Ryan]

Typing this from RH9 actually.. may have made a boo boo and deleted my windows partition

Looks like ive got my work cut out for me

[Wairudo Enjin]

I always layout my entire HD using partition magic before installing.