I recomend a seperate, shared fat32 partition for swapping/sharing files between OSes. install windows first, making sure to leave space for the linux, swap, and shared fat32 partitions, and then do linux after windows is completely installed. My rig is working great this way.throw table_exception("(? ???)? ? ???");
quote:No, you don''t need to do anything more. When you install Linux you install an application called a bootloader (every OS has one, but since Windows is usually installed alone very few people think about its bootloader; the fact that it treats other OSes as boot sector virii doesn''t help). The choices are LILO or GRUB: if you will not be altering your installation configuration - adding secondary or tertiary Linux kernels, for example (usually for testing or development purposes) - then LILO is sufficient. If you will be making such alterations, LILO is still sufficient but GRUB is easier to deal with (failure to run lilo after installing a new kernel causes the bootloader to fail to recognize it; with GRUB you simple edit a text file, /etc/grub.conf or so).
Original post by LessThanJoe
And, this would give me the option to choose which OS to load when I booted the system, or would I need to do something more?
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Original post by Raduprv
I do not suggest partitioning the drive in two equal pieces.
Obviously, you will use one OS more than the other, so I suggest letting more space for the Windows partition, because you might want to put movies, etc. on it. And windows has a better movie support than Linux does.
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Original post by Magmai Kai Holmlor
WinNT/2k/XP has a very obvious bootloader which can boot Linux or DOS etc... Win9x is dead, don''t even install it.
quote:Enough with the highly opinionated propaganda. Microsoft no longer actively supports most 9x OSes (token support for 98 exists because the userbase didn''t shift to XP as expected) and there will be no new products based on or tuned specifically for the 9x kernel, ergo, 9x is dead.
Original post by Goober King
Last I checked,which was like yesterday, every program out there still suports Win9x...
quote:It''s not necessary to mention, since the installations for each tool take care of that (ie, he doesn''t have to be particularly mindful of it nor does he have to manually create the necessary partitions). But it''s good to be comprehensive, so yeah, LessThanJoe, remember to leave space for your Linux swap partition: 300 - 500MB sounds good.
As for staying OT it looks like we have failed to mention that Linux uses a swap partition and this guy will need to actualy need two sections just for linux.
