You're right, Ken...I forgot about Partition Magic in my reply in the thread...and yes, it works just fine for this kind of thing. Me? I'm the sort that wipes a drive when I get a "stock" computer (which I really haven't bought in years except for my Dell last year - I build my own computers) and installs what I want the way I want. I know I don't have to do that, but old habits die hard. Anyway, I have used PM on both desktop and laptop computers to create dual- or multi-boot systems and it's a great package. Yes, Symantec owns it now...I'm sure I saw that somewhere, so you're right about that, too. ;) - Dave -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Rossman Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:55 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: dual boot laptop I won't venture any opinions on what machine to get. I CAN, however, tell you that I have successfully created a dual-boot machine directly from a "stock" Windows laptop direct from the store/factory using Partition Magic. This nifty package knows how to shrink down the size of the existing Windows partition and contents without losing any data, make room for one or more partitions for other things, and can even create various flavors of file systems on those partitions prior to installation of any Linux or other x86-based OS. It's a wonderful package, and well worth the $70 or so that it goes for. It used to be made by a company called PowerQuest, but it looks like Symantec now owns this package. KR On Aug 28, 2005, at 6:42 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > I plan to set up a dual boot laptop with Fedora and either WinXP or > Win2k, I have not yet purchased the hardware. Advice regarding what > to buy, and how to proceed with the setup would be much appreciated. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
