-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 October 5, 2003 05:04 pm, Aaron West wrote: > Evening all, > > Simple question here. I'm getting closer to the point of > being ready for the 9.1 install but want some opinions. Since > I'm going to dual boot with Windows 2000 (Windows with use > a completely different physical hard drive, my current 15GB > hard drive. Linux will use the new 120GB Maxtor) and Linux, > I've been trying to determine the order of OS install.
Just to save yourself aggravation Windows should always go first. I know it's been said more than once that it shouldn't matter so much with 2000 or XP, and I've set partitions with the Mandrake installer then installed Windows after, but "stuff happens" and you'll be better off following the conventional Windows first pattern. > I read somewhere that you should install Windows first before > you install Linux. I'm going to completely wipe my current > Windows install in order to start fresh. And then will be > installing Linux on the new hard drive. Is it the right > idea to go ahead and get the fresh Windows drive working > so once the new HD comes in I'll be ready to go? > > Thanks!! You just read it again here. You seem to have at least a basic grasp of the situation in re. the dual boot idea. I'd probably be inclined to just slave the new drive in and install Mandrake. What I'm saying is the 120 GB hard drive will have to be "introduced" to Windows somehow if you plan to have any part of it accessible from Windows, and the easiest way to do that is to use the Mandrake installer to set the partition table and forget the Windows bootloader. Lilo or Grub are more flexible anyway. NTFS is the default file system for 2000 and XP and it's preferable to FAT32 in _so_ many ways. But...write support for that file system in GNU/Linux is experimental at best, and Linux file system support under Windows isn't much better so you'll probably want a FAT32 "buffer" partition that both operating systems can save files to. Then you won't have to worry about not having access to things when you are booted to either. Bottom line; do the fresh Windows install and when you have your new drive just slave it in and boot from the first Mandrake install disk, pick the custom partition option and have fun. The graphics for partitioning are very clear. It isn't hard and you'll learn to love the power of making all your own decisions. Welcome to Open Source, and to unlimited choices. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk 17:08:15 up 15 days, 6:29, 1 user, load average: 0.31, 0.59, 0.61 It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/gKp1G11CaRuZZSIRArSpAJoDx+CjIYk4ACBkYuUvCQii0K2eXwCgr4Ok 6ZsVRiekPhEZOsSKObN441I= =dpzP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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