On 09/15/2010 05:54 PM, JD wrote: > > On 09/15/2010 01:55 PM, allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> PartitionMagic doesn't run on Windows Vista which is what I have. Also, >> space isn't an issue on the Data drive since it is completely clear (all >> 150 GB of it), so one drive has Windows installed on it with all of my >> personal data, and the other drive has literally nothing on it (which is >> the drive I wish to install F13 on). So when I go to install F13 to a >> hard drive, I have to choose one of the two drives, and their only >> distinguishing characteristics are their serial numbers and whether they >> are "sda" or "sdb" which I assume stands for "slave drive a" and "slave >> drive b", and I would think that Windows is installed on sda, but >> assumptions are dangerous in the computer world. >> >> Thanks for the quick response! >> >> -Dan >> > While booted off of the F13, open a gnome terminal > Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal > > In terminal: > > su - > > mkdir /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 > > mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /sda1 > mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /sdb1 > > ls /sda1 > ls /sdb1 > > the output of each ls should tell you which one is the windows boot disk. > > Once you know, which disk is windows, you install on the other. > Now, to prepare the other, you need to delete the ntfs partition on it. > > Let's assume the data disk is /dev/sdb: > > umount /sdb1 > > fdisk /sdb1 > d > 1 > w > q > > Now, you can install on the data disk (assuming it was sdb) > > During the install, do not forget to leave room for about 2 to 4GB > swap partition. It will come in very handy if you decide to hibernate > the linux system. > > As a final note: > If you bios has a boot disk selector menu (F12 ???) > then, at end of installation you will be asked where > to install grub. Install it on /dev/sdb (NOT /dev/sdb1). > > If your BIOS does not support a boot disk selector, then > install grub on /dev/sda (the windows disk). > > Grub will add an entry in grub.conf to let you boot > windows, from the grub menu. > > > Do not mkdir /dev/<anything> /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are devices. Best practice is to make directories under /mnt or another directory tree, but /sda1 and /sdb1 are fine too. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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