Dual Booting OS

by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:23 pm

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!

by **Casus** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 10:32 pm

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

by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 10:36 pm

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

by **Weasel Meat** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:28 pm

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

by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:52 pm

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

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by **Ryan** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:41 pm

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 :eek:

by **Wairudo Enjin** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 3:39 pm

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

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