Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
On 10/10/05, Roy Pluschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 09:02 +, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: > > >But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK > > >if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? > > >Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. > > > > > >--w.h-- > > > > > > > Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced > > RISC Computing (ARC) path settings in Target Designer. Furthermore boot.ini > > settings, and drive letter issues have to be adopted. > > > > But this is not a windows-ML. Isn´t it? > > > > Florian > > > > Thank you for your responses -- I've decided the simplest solution for > me is to backup up my data, reformat and install windows first -- a bit > of a pain but easiest for me to comprehend. > > Roy P. > Hi Roy, You are right, it would be much easier to install Win2k/XP first and then Linux. Mind you, while making partitions during win install if you go for NTFS for your win you would need one FAT32 partition in order to exchange files between two OSs. You also need to leave some space without partitioning at all - this will be taken by Linux then. Cheers, Yuriy
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:02:01AM +, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. --w.h-- Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) path settings in Target Designer. Furthermore boot.ini settings, and drive letter issues have to be adopted. But this is not a windows-ML. Isn?t it? No, but I suspect a higher percentage of Linux users have Windows installed than Windows users have LInux installed. -- hendrik Don't blame me. I love windows games :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:02:01AM +, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: > >But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK > >if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? > >Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. > > > >--w.h-- > > > > Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced > RISC Computing (ARC) path settings in Target Designer. Furthermore boot.ini > settings, and drive letter issues have to be adopted. > > But this is not a windows-ML. Isn?t it? No, but I suspect a higher percentage of Linux users have Windows installed than Windows users have LInux installed. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:01:56AM -0700, Roy Pluschke wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:57 +0700, Ms Linuz wrote: > > Roy Pluschke wrote: > > > > >Is there a howto for dual booting an existing linux system with windows > > >2000. Everything I've found so far assumes windows is installed and > > >then adding linux -- I'm going the other way -- existing linux system > > >and having to add windows. Unfortunately the program I need won't play > > >nicely with winex, vmware etc. and the linux alternatives aren't quite > > >there yet. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > >Roy P. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dou you want to install windows on the disk which currently installed > > linux ? > > > Yes, on the same disk. I have to somehow reduce the current partition > sizes and add a new partition for windows. I am also concerned that the > windows installation will then screw things up (overwrite the MBR). That's why you could tell lilo to put the master boot record on a floppy. (preferably do it twice so you have two boot floppies, just in case). Then put the floppies in a safe place, and install Windows. You'll still be able to boot Linux from floppies, and can relilo to your heart's content until you get it to boot both Linux and Windows. Do your experimintation with the MBR's of various floppy disk until you get it right. The hard part may be to keep Linux booting while you shrink its partitions. -- henrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 09:02 +, Florian Dorpmueller wrote: > >But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK > >if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? > >Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. > > > >--w.h-- > > > > Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced > RISC Computing (ARC) path settings in Target Designer. Furthermore boot.ini > settings, and drive letter issues have to be adopted. > > But this is not a windows-ML. Isn´t it? > > Florian > Thank you for your responses -- I've decided the simplest solution for me is to backup up my data, reformat and install windows first -- a bit of a pain but easiest for me to comprehend. Roy P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. --w.h-- Possible but not simple. E.g. you must manually set the drive and Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) path settings in Target Designer. Furthermore boot.ini settings, and drive letter issues have to be adopted. But this is not a windows-ML. Isn´t it? Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
Roy Pluschke wrote: On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:57 +0700, Ms Linuz wrote: Roy Pluschke wrote: Is there a howto for dual booting an existing linux system with windows 2000. Everything I've found so far assumes windows is installed and then adding linux -- I'm going the other way -- existing linux system and having to add windows. Unfortunately the program I need won't play nicely with winex, vmware etc. and the linux alternatives aren't quite there yet. Thanks in advance, Roy P. Dou you want to install windows on the disk which currently installed linux ? Yes, on the same disk. I have to somehow reduce the current partition sizes and add a new partition for windows. I am also concerned that the windows installation will then screw things up (overwrite the MBR). Roy P. AFAIK, MBR would be no problem at all, since if the MBR is overwritten by windows we can use debian installer cd to rewrite the MBR into the disk and have a little adjustment on lilo then. I use this method very often especially when I have to reinstall windows on my dual boot box. But one thing that I'm not sure and not really know, will windows work OK if it installed not on the first partition of the disk ? Even I believe this will work, but better be carefull. --w.h-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
Yes, on the same disk. I have to somehow reduce the current partition sizes and add a new partition for windows. I am also concerned that the windows installation will then screw things up (overwrite the MBR). Don´t know if it´s suitable for you but I am happy with WIN2k running under qemu (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/). Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:57 +0700, Ms Linuz wrote: > Roy Pluschke wrote: > > >Is there a howto for dual booting an existing linux system with windows > >2000. Everything I've found so far assumes windows is installed and > >then adding linux -- I'm going the other way -- existing linux system > >and having to add windows. Unfortunately the program I need won't play > >nicely with winex, vmware etc. and the linux alternatives aren't quite > >there yet. > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Roy P. > > > > > > > > > > > Dou you want to install windows on the disk which currently installed > linux ? > Yes, on the same disk. I have to somehow reduce the current partition sizes and add a new partition for windows. I am also concerned that the windows installation will then screw things up (overwrite the MBR). Roy P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
Roy Pluschke wrote: Is there a howto for dual booting an existing linux system with windows 2000. Everything I've found so far assumes windows is installed and then adding linux -- I'm going the other way -- existing linux system and having to add windows. Unfortunately the program I need won't play nicely with winex, vmware etc. and the linux alternatives aren't quite there yet. Thanks in advance, Roy P. Dou you want to install windows on the disk which currently installed linux ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dual booting -- Adding windows to a Linux system
Is there a howto for dual booting an existing linux system with windows 2000. Everything I've found so far assumes windows is installed and then adding linux -- I'm going the other way -- existing linux system and having to add windows. Unfortunately the program I need won't play nicely with winex, vmware etc. and the linux alternatives aren't quite there yet. Thanks in advance, Roy P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
