Similar question for an upcoming Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. It comes with XP already installed. Will I be able to install RH 7.2 on another partition, write grub to the bootsector, and have Grub dual boot XP and 7.2? Or do I need to install Grub/RH 7.2 first?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop > Michael Scottaline wrote: > > > > On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 23:41:42 -0600 > > Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I just bought a sony laptop with the 900MHz duron and am going to set it > > > up as dual boot at first. The 15GB drive came partitioned in 2 chunks > > > and I thought I simply place RH7.2 on what windows sees as the D: > > > drive. It looks like it is really a logical in an extended partition. > > > > > > Two real questions before I start. > > > > > > 1) will grub or lilo simply boot XP as the other operating system just > > > like win9X or has enough changed that I will need to do somehting else? > > > > > > 2) can I install linux in the extended partition? I would probably > > > create my typical seperate partitions : /, /boot, /var, /tmp, /usr, > > > /home, swap. These partition numbers would obviously start at hda5 and > > > be way into the disk. I have not done the dual boot thing in so long I > > > thought I would ask the gurus before starting. > > > > > > 3) (bonus question) when I started the install to see if I was going to > > > have any immediate hardware issues before punting I noticed the laptop > > > installation option. I have never done one of the standard config > > > installs and probably won't this time but does anyone know what apps get > > > installed with the laptop option? Are there new laptop targeted apps > > > since 6.2 I should install? > > ========================================== > > I recently installed RH 7.2 on a Sony Vaio PIII 900. Same HD as yours > > with similar config. I just deleted the D: drive and had the installation > > write there. No problems and grub dual boots from the get-go! I chose > > the laptop installation, and since my guess is that our hardwar is quite > > similar (if not identical, `cept the processor) you should have no > > problem. The installation even recognized the CDR/DVD and put scsi > > support in the kernel it built. HTH, > > Mike > > > Outstanding ! > > Thanks for the info Mike. Seems like a sweet little machine. > > Bret > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
