On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Michael Wright<micktaywri...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi List > > I'm new to centos i'm also on the forum but my question is how do i do a > dual boot say windows/centos > > i no i have to partition the harddrive can i do this in centos..\ > > could someone help us out > > Mike
Hi Mike, I don't know if you can repartition with CentOS as you install, or not -- I don't think you can. I use Puppy Linux for this. One of its included utilities is GParted, which is a lot like Partition Magic and it lets you resize your Windows partition to make room for CentOS. You also download a GParted Live CD, though the ISO is about the same size as the Puppy Linux ISO and, with Puppy, you get a complete desktop OS. Puppy Linux is at: http://puppylinux.org/ GParted Live is at: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php There is also a PartedMagic Live CD -- but I think it's just a fancier front-end. Once you've got your new partition you might want to check out the Red Hat dual booting page. I think it's pretty much up to date. http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html Good luck. I've still got my laptop dual-booting, but for everything else, when I want to run Windows (getting to be a rarity) I use a virtual machine in VirtualBox. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos