From DMNXS on 23.12.2004, 19:53: Linux and Windows XP I recently bought a magazine ("GameStar Sonderheft 'Linux für spieler'"). It comes with Suse Linux 9.1 Special Edition, and I just want to be safe before installing, so I have the question of what I should watch out for before and during installation?` |
From mutilus on 25.12.2004, 23:48: I'd be SUPER careful with creating new partitions, especially if it's a family computer. I think that Fedora Linux might come with some kind of partition manager that shrinks the Windows partition and squeezes linux into whatever space is left, but some will just reformat the whole drive.
|
From DMNXS on 30.12.2004, 21:30: OK, thanks. What I have are 2 HDDs. One (60 GB; IDE Master) with Windows and programs, plus all the 'My Music' etc. personal folders. Then my second HDD (120 GB; IDE Slave) with my sample archive, software archive, Audacity projets, MPT and Psycle tracks, and all wave files. |
From mutilus on 31.12.2004, 22:42: If I understand your set up right, then if you copy all your files off the 2nd HDD, and partition it into two partitions, then you can install Linux on one parition and have Windows on the other, both on the 2nd hard drive. Then copy all your windows files back into the windows partition. I don't know how the bootloader would work though, I've only ever worked with one hard drive.
|
From DMNXS on 03.01.2005, 18:14: Yes, you understood correctly, except I've decided to leave Windows on the current HDD . So I guss I'll do that and find somebody to copy my data to . (I knew that Suse couldn't write NTFS, but thought Knoppix might be able to) |
Powered by: Burning Board 1.0 Beta 4.5eEnglish Translation by AnnaFan
Copyright © 2001 by WoltLab