What version of Windows was it? I've recently done a couple of laptops with dual boot Debian and Win2K without any problems, if it's XP maybe it is different? I seem to recall that in the Win2K installer, it asks you what partition you want the OS on and allows you to create/format/reformat only that partition.
You would also seem to be doing the install back to front. It should be Windows first, then Linux. I use Lilo which auto-detected Windows during the config and gives me a nice little boot screen to select the OS to boot. Grub does it also but I've never used it on a dual boot. Hope this helps. Brett :> -----Original Message----- :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of :> Danny Yee :> Sent: Wednesday, 22 January 2003 8:47 AM :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> Subject: [SLUG] XP dual boot debacle :> :> :> My girlfriend recently bought a computer, a Compaq Presario 6000, :> and the first thing I tried to do was set it up to dual boot Linux. :> (Though she didn't previously have a computer, she's a :> programmer who :> uses AIX at work, and was quite excited by the prospect of :> getting C, :> perl, python, etc. development tools.) :> :> I did a RedHat 8.0 install, repartitioning the 80gig hard drive, :> leaving 50gig for Windows and using the rest for Linux. There were :> some problems -- the modem wasn't detected and I fear it's :> some kind :> of evil WinModem -- but I got everything basically working. :> :> When I went to reinstall Windows, however, I found that :> the restore CD :> insisted on reformatting the entire hard drive! Aaarrrgh. :> Is there :> any way around this? (As far as I can tell, parted and FIPS won't :> resize NTFS partitions -- is there some other way of doing that?) :> And is it worth complaining to Compaq (or the ACCC) about this? :> :> Danny. :> -------------------------------------------------------- :> http://dannyreviews.com/ - over six hundred book reviews :> http://danny.oz.au/ - free speech, free software, travel :> -------------------------------------------------------- :> -- :> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ :> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
