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| 154028 | 2003-06-21 10:31:00 | To dual boot my XP pro: with Linux can I do it from a volume or do I have to partition. I've the Mandrake CDs from the Australian PC mag of a few months ago and I'd like to try it without too much damage. I have only the one hard drive. | Colobus (3272) | ||
| 154029 | 2003-06-21 10:44:00 | The XP volume(s) will no doubt be NTFS. You will need to resize to make some space for Linux partitions formated most likely in ext2 or ext3. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 154030 | 2003-06-24 09:24:00 | Hi JohnD, Many thanks for your advice - a friend at SeniorNet is going to lend me a CD from NZ PC of last October which is bootable - so I can try out Linux . I'm too old, poor and too new to computers to risk harming my machine; which cost a lot more than the first house I bought. But if I Linux and I get on together; then....... Thanks again. |
Colobus (3272) | ||
| 154031 | 2003-06-24 21:53:00 | > To dual boot my XP pro: with Linux can I do it from a > volume or do I have to partition. I've the Mandrake > CDs from the Australian PC mag of a few months ago > and I'd like to try it without too much damage. I > have only the one hard drive. AFAIK, Mandrake should do Non-Destructive re-sizing of your partitions! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 154032 | 2003-06-24 23:40:00 | Mandrake may support installing to a FAT or NTFS partition (saves playing around with partitioning tools), although it runs a bit slower. I did that with RedHat 7.1. If you want to see linux on your main machine you could try Knoppix which boots from cd and doesn't touch your hard drive at all. | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
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