partitioning with linux

fireydeviant · 04-11-2003, 02:24 PM

hey anyone know a peice of software that allows me to partion under linux?
i wannna install a copy of win 2000 server.

faolán · 04-11-2003, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by fireydeviant
hey anyone know a peice of software that allows me to partion under linux?
i wannna install a copy of win 2000 server.

Are you trying to repartition an existing Linux partition and then install 2k, or are you doing a fresh install of both operating systems?

fireydeviant · 04-11-2003, 04:58 PM

i wanna install windows on a partion after my linux one

faolán · 04-11-2003, 05:10 PM

Ah. Actually, what you might want to do is install Windoze 2k first and then Linux second. The reason being is most flavors of Linux come with a good boot-loader called Lilo (short for Linux loader) which can be easily setup to boot to multiple OS's. In fact, if you plan on installing something like Redhat or Mandrake, they will actually detect that you have a version of Windoze already installed, and automatically setup Lilo to allow you to boot to it.

fireydeviant · 04-11-2003, 05:23 PM

yes i know.. i use grub.. but is there a way to install after?
dont want to have to indstall mandrake again

faolán · 04-11-2003, 05:56 PM

As a rule I don't resize a partition after setting one up and installing an OS to it, because there is a chance (however small it may be) that you will damage that partition and lose all data on it. If you have unpartitioned space on your drive you should just be able to start the normal Windoze setup and tell it to make a new partition, or even better would be to just install to a seperate disk entirely.

Sorry I don't have any info about partitioning software, but I never use any myself (other than good old fdisk) so I don't keep up with them.

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faolán sith geek Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The nether regions of the net. Posts: 85	Ah. Actually, what you might want to do is install Windoze 2k first and then Linux second. The reason being is most flavors of Linux come with a good boot-loader called Lilo (short for Linux loader) which can be easily setup to boot to multiple OS's. In fact, if you plan on installing something like Redhat or Mandrake, they will actually detect that you have a version of Windoze already installed, and automatically setup Lilo to allow you to boot to it. __________________ faolán "And I go yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight! Aaaaaa-hahahahaha!"

04-11-2003, 05:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
fireydeviant inspired to dream Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 341	yes i know.. i use grub.. but is there a way to install after? dont want to have to indstall mandrake again __________________

04-11-2003, 05:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
faolán sith geek Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The nether regions of the net. Posts: 85	As a rule I don't resize a partition after setting one up and installing an OS to it, because there is a chance (however small it may be) that you will damage that partition and lose all data on it. If you have unpartitioned space on your drive you should just be able to start the normal Windoze setup and tell it to make a new partition, or even better would be to just install to a seperate disk entirely. Sorry I don't have any info about partitioning software, but I never use any myself (other than good old fdisk) so I don't keep up with them. __________________ faolán "And I go yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight! Aaaaaa-hahahahaha!"

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