I started with Windows, freed most of the disk with ntfsresize -- see http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html#static -- and then installed Linux. The Linux installer will let you leave the Windows partition alone, will allow you to manually partition the rest of the disk, and will help you set up dual booting. Steven Yellin On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, peter wu wrote: > Thanks, gents, > > I tried 'fdisk -l' at the shell prompt, but it returns > nothing. I guess I am really hosed... :( > > Luckily, I backed up most of my data, so it's not > really a great loss, except that I have to reinstall a > bunch of things. But since I had this problem, I am > not really sure what I had done is the proper way of > doing it. (Actually, it 'seemed' to be working all > right until I tried to add a partition on top of > dual-boot.) So, I am wondering if you can give me some > hints as to how to install dual-boot system with two > partitions on Windows side. > > First, what's the best way to format and partition > from scratch? Should I install Windows first and then > Linux? > > Second, I have to admit that I've used the hacked > version of PartitionMagic. Could this possibly a > problem? If I don't use PartitionMagic, how can I > partition? > > I really appreciate your kind replies. > > Regards, > > --peter > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
