Win 2k and linux

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Virtually every Linux install I have done at an installfest in the past year 
has been dual boot. 
My procedure is:
1. Repartition the disk using Partition Magic. Partition Magic takes care 
of the defragmenting. I have found that sometimes the Windows defrag 
can take hours. We had a laptop user at one of the installfests who never 
got a chance to install bewcause his defrag took so long. (It is usually 
things like anti-virus software that causes defrags to continually rerstart).
I usually install Linux on an extended partition rather than primary.

2. Install Linux, and either allow the distro to create the partitions it 
wants or I partition myself. I always instruct Linux to format the new 
Linux partitions on the first install just to be safe. 

3. Install Lilo in the MBR as the boot manager, or install it in the root 
partition if the user wants to use a commercial boot loader. 

It is not necessary to have a separate boot partition, but on a large disk, I 
like to have a root and /usr partion, a /var partition, and a /home partition.
But, a single root partition can suffice for home use. I prefer smaller 
partitions because if I crash the fscks are mitigated especially in cases 
where the additional partitions are not mounted.   

On 24 Oct 2000, at 12:22, rich Malloy wrote:

> If you mean dual boots with LInux and Win2k, yes it's easy. I have both
> on my laptop and home system. If you mean running Win2k version of VMWare
> and have that run linux, dunno.

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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