On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:32:16PM +0000, Bo Grimes wrote: > Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 > partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 > gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use > that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. > > I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep > hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are > there any pitfalls to watch out for?
There are a lot of "gotchas" to multi-booting x86 machines; the architecture just wasn't designed for it. I'd say the answer is a qualified "yes, it should work." But you should expect to spend some quality time with this and have complete back-ups, and know how to restore them, if there's anything you want to save. That's the only pitfall you really have to worry about. Back the data up or consider it lost when you start. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
