Trust me: I almost got a PhD in installing Windows and Mandrake this week :-)
1.- *First of all*, install Windows 2000/XP. 2.- Create a FAT32 partition to hold data that you want to read/write with Windows and Mandrake. 3.- Install Mandrake. It is this easy. You will get a dual boot system. On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 13:23, Antonio Contreras wrote: > http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~leblancj/labs/lin_win2k_dual_boot.html > > Follow the instructions, you won't go wrong. The only thing is that the NTFS > restriction he talks about is no longer there, as my system testifies! > > Or you can do things a little different, as I did. > throw in a little of this below > http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/multiboot/linux_win2k_fix.htm > > and you get my method (abbreviated, read the links above, take your time, and > it will be fine): > > Install Linux first. -- first non-standard approach! > > Create 1st partition, bootable, win2k (inyour case, 20 gigs if you want a > clean splie), NTFS worked fine. > > Create all other partitions after that, including a /boot right after the > win2k partition > > Continue installing linux.. MAKE A BOOT DISK > > reboot when done, install win2k > > reboot using boot disk > > in linux, find out the partition name of your boot mount (here I assume > dev/hda) > > dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 to create the file > bootsect.lnx, and copy it to a floppy. > > Boot to windows > > Edit c:\boot.ini and add an entry for Linux: C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux" > > Copy bootsect.lnx from floppy to c:\ > > Reboot. First option, from the windows boot loader, allows you to go to win2k > or linux. > If you go to linux, you get the standard options (Linux, secure, floppy... you > know) which is a pain when you just want to get there, so you can remove the > prompt altogether. > > Hope this helps. If not, there's always Google :) > > > Examples: > My boot.ini > [boot loader] > timeout=5 > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT > [operating systems] > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect > c:\bootsect.lnx="Linux Mandrake 9.0 (ButtMunch)" > > (always find the monikers funny, and this one tickles my wife) > > > > > On Friday 07 February 2003 07:03 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > > G'day all, > > Because of weight restrictions in my baggage allowance when > > I recently moved from Australia to Thailand, I was forced to > > sell off my old computers and bits etc - so now I don't have > > the luxury of having a whole computer I can just stick Linux > > on and it won't matter if I break it:) > > But I want to succeed, ultimately, so I'll take a deep breath > > and try for a dual boot system... > > > > I just built a new system last night, [It's running Win2Kpro] > > with a 40G hard drive I was thinking of splitting in halves > > with Partition Magic, and I've got an 80G HDD I brought with > > me from Australia that has all my backing tracks etc in wav > > files an MP3s, and CoolEditPro sessions etc. > > > > I'd like some help, please, to avoid any possible "gotcha's" to > > get this to work - I'm not looking for detailed point by point, > > just the major steps and in which order to do them - lets see how > > far I get :)) > > > > * If I split the 40G into two 20G partitions, how can I install > > Mandrake on the other half without it taking over the whole > > drive? > > > > * How can I make Mandrake see the files on the other half of the > > 40G, as well as the 80G? > > > > * oh, and btw will Win2K be able to see the Linux files too? > > > > Thanks in advance for the guidance... -- __ / \\ @ __ __ @ Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / // cel: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / <_/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com // pager: www.tun-tun.com (# 609-6213)
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