On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I believe in the old version of RH, the installation disk would recognize > the the system had Windows already install on the system. > > The RH /boot/grub/grub.conf would include the menu with a RH and a Windows > boot up. > > I gather I should not have had the RH boot write on /dev/sda1 > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > Hi, I use dual boot since I remember, mainly with Fedora, but also with RH and other Linux distros and I never had any problem with it. You need to understand fist the partitioning before you start any modifications. Yes, Linux installer will recognize Windows partitions. Basically, if you would have Windows installed on one partition (primary) only and left the rest of disk space free and not partitioned, Linux installer will do the rest for you. https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-Beta/html/Installation_Guide/ch-partitions-x86.html https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-Beta/html/Installation_Guide/s1-diskpartsetup-x86.html https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6-Beta/html/Installation_Guide/s1-diskpartitioning-x86.html Regards, Ges -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
