Thanks Ronny for your reply. You suggest I'd go for a full 40GB partition for RH8? Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Ronny Aasen [mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:50 AM To: psyche Subject: Re: Dual Boot RH8 & XP On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 10:02, Galea Gilbert wrote: it's easier then falling of a bike. install xp first. install rh80 afterwards, rh will detect the windows intall and make the bootmeny for you automagicaly. you can partition as you please, but try to keep the filesystem for the 'shared' partition to something that both can read and write without addon's i'd suggest ntfs for winxp system (the default) ext3 for linux system partitions, (the default) and vfat for the 'shared data' partitions. i'd partition the linux part a lot more then one / on 20 Gb, but that's just me. Ronny Aasen > Hi Linux Gurus, soon I'll be installing RH8 and XP on 2 separate hard disks > on one of my machines at home. I would like to configure a start-up menu > (say like in dual boot for 2 windoze oses) for RH8 and XP. How should I > configure things and what things should I be careful of? Sorry but I never > did a dual boot with linux and windoze before and after learning unix and > starting to play with it almost 8 months ago now I love it to the point that > I want it at home too :) > > Hardware Concerned: > AMD Athlon XP 2400+ > Gigabyte GA-7VRX > 512MB DDR333 > 40GB H/Disk for RH8 > 80GB H/Disk for XP > > One last thing: is it possible to partition the 40GB in 2 partitions of 20GB > and only use 20GB for linux while letting the other 20GB usable from XP > because 100GB is better than 80GB for those divx movies :) > > Thanks a lot for your help > > Gilbert > **************************************************************************** > ********************************************** > > Follow Ferrari around the world........... > > Ferrari News - Send a blank SMS to 2340 and receive the latest Ferrari news > on your Vodafone. > > Ferrari Quiz - Send a blank SMS to 2301 to download the daily question then > send the answer to 2302. > > > The more questions you reply to the greater your chances of winning > exclusive Ferrari merchandise. > SMSs sent to 2302 cost 10c (inc. VAT). > > Visit www.vodafone.com.mt for more info & F1 services! > > **************************************************************************** > ********************************************** > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list **************************************************************************** ********************************************** Follow Ferrari around the world........... Ferrari News - Send a blank SMS to 2340 and receive the latest Ferrari news on your Vodafone. Ferrari Quiz - Send a blank SMS to 2301 to download the daily question then send the answer to 2302. The more questions you reply to the greater your chances of winning exclusive Ferrari merchandise. SMSs sent to 2302 cost 10c (inc. VAT). Visit www.vodafone.com.mt for more info & F1 services! **************************************************************************** ********************************************** -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
