Hi,
I find myself in the lucky position to receive a new desktop machine
tomorrow. :)
Now, for quite a while I've been wanting to make a switch to any Unix
based system for my normal work environment (= Web development), but I
will still need to test my work on Windows as well.
Now.... As tomorrow I will install a fresh new machine (with a 40GB HD),
I'd like to do the following:
-Install CentOS as primary OS on a 30GB partition.
-Install W*nd*ws XP as secondary system on a 10GB partition.
-Plug in my current secondary NTFS drive for storing additional W*nd*ws
stuff.
What I'm uncertain about, is the proper way to do this, and the order in
which to install both OSes.
Can anyone give me an answer to the following?
-Which OS can best be installed first, CentOS or XP?
-Are there special actions required to enable proper dual booting?
-Which boot manager can be used best CentOS' one or XP's one?
-Can CentOS read (and perhaps also write?) from the NTFS partitions?
-Hypothetically: would installing VMWare and installing XP in that give
me pretty much 100% XP compatibility for at the very least the various
web browsers such as IE, and also for XP Office?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers,
Olafo
