I started installing, but ran into a bit of a problem. Windows XP is NTFS. I guess I can't create any space for SuSE, can I? Can I install within NTFS? Tom On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 11:06, Michael Hieb wrote:

I run Suse 8.2 on a Toshiba Satellite. I installed direct off the net. No pain at all. I didn't waste any of the hard disk with m$oft tho...

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:50:04 -0700 Tom Nielsen wrote:

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My company just bought this Toshiba and I'd like to dual-boot it and install Suse 8.2 pro. How much of a pain is this going to be? Has anyone done it?

Thanks for the info.

Tom --

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SUSE 9.0 can handle NTFS PeterB On Friday 17 October 2003 02:08 pm, Tom Nielsen wrote:

I started installing, but ran into a bit of a problem. Windows XP is NTFS. I guess I can't create any space for SuSE, can I? Can I install within NTFS?

Tom

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 11:06, Michael Hieb wrote:

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I run Suse 8.2 on a Toshiba Satellite. I installed direct off the net. No pain at all. I didn't waste any of the hard disk with m$oft tho...

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:50:04 -0700

Tom Nielsen wrote:

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My company just bought this Toshiba and I'd like to dual-boot it and install Suse 8.2 pro. How much of a pain is this going to be? Has anyone done it?

Thanks for the info.

Tom --

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XP on NTFS. I'm out of luck. Tom On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 12:10, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:

What is the other OS? I have multibooted win98se and suse 82 just fine.

CWSIV

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Thanks for the info.

Tom --

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(Keep in mind that I'm a newbie.) Before I decided not to set up a dual boot system, I asked SuSE tech support how to do it with XP. I've included what they told me below. I'm only assuming that I'm not violating any copyrights here. Please let me know if I am. Don Henson On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 19:40, Stan Glasoe wrote:

On Fri October 17 2003 5:21 pm, Tom Nielsen wrote:

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XP on NTFS. I'm out of luck.

Tom

8.2 Pro, rescue mode, has ntfsresize which should resize XP's NTFS. I haven't had occasion to try it, yet. You aren't totally out of luck...

Stan

PRODUCT: SuSE Linux (I386) 8.2 I have been trying to set up a dual boot system with Linux and Windows XP >Professional (with all service packs and updates) but have been unsuccesful. Is >it possible to set up a dual boot as above or am I just wasting my time trying?

Your problems, or similar ones, are familiar to us. This is why I am including an article from our Support Database providing you with a tried-and-tested solution. You can make use of this database on your own, at any time. Just take a look at: http://sdb.suse.de/en/. I found the following article, for example, by searching for the keyword "windows " Title: Booting Linux with the Windows NT/2000/XP Boot Manager http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/fhassel_grub_nt.html _______________________________________________________ Applies to SuSE Linux: Versions since 8.1 Grub Situation Your computer contains both SuSE Linux and Windows NT, 2000, or XP. You want to be able to boot both operating systems. Procedure First Approach: Installing the Boot Manager GRUB in the MBR of the First Hard Disk This is the default setting in the SuSE Linux installation. If you do not change anything in the boot loader configuration during the installation process, GRUB will be installed in the MBR of the hard disk and a boot option for Windows operating systems will be automatically added to the GRUB menu. Second Approach: Using Windows NT/2000/XP Boot Manager Although SuSE Linux 8.1 contains a different boot manager (GRUB), the procedure is still similar to that described in "Linux and Windows NT" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/nt.html). Apart from boot sectors, the boot manager of NT/2000/XP is able to start its image files, too. The following instructions enable you to boot Linux with this boot manager: * Install Windows NT/2000/XP if necessary. * Prepare a data medium (hard disk partition or floppy disk) with a file system that can be written by Linux and read by Windows, for example, FAT. * Install Linux. During the installation do not install the boot loader GRUB in the MBR, but on the root partition. Once the installation is completed, a reboot is usually done. However, since the Linux boot loader cannot be accessed yet, proceed as follows to boot the system: + Boot from your CD or DVD as for an install. + Select "Installation" (already preset). + Select your language. + In the next menu, select "Boot installed system". + The root partition is detected automatically and the system will be booted from it. * After the installation, open a root shell and mount the FAT data medium in the system. (For example, mount a floppy disk at /media/floppy.) * Copy GRUB's boot sector from the boot sector of the root partition (/dev/sda3 in this case) to the FAT data medium: dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/media/floppy/bootsek.lin bs=512 count=1 This step and the next do not need to be repeated after a kernel update if the boot loader GRUB is used. However, they do have to be repeated if the file /boot/grub/stage2 is modified in any way (for example, when updating the package grub or the system). * Boot your Windows operating system and copy the file bootsek.lin from the FAT data medium to the main directory of the system drive C: * Append the following entry to the file boot.ini (set attributes): c:\bootsek.lin="SuSE Linux" * Increase the file's time-out in case it is set to 0 seconds. * If the file boot.ini cannot be viewed with Explorer, you can edit it via the Control Panel. For example, in Windows XP: Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> System Startup -> Edit * Provided everything worked, a Linux entry will already be available in the NT boot manager the next time you boot.