Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

[wmeler <wmeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

folks,

i have suse 10.0 installed, and i want things to stay that way.  at the same
time, i want to install windows xp.  (please don't get into the "why do you
need windows?" stuff.  don't worry, i'm loyal to linux, but i need it--or
rather my girlfriend does--from time to time. thanks!)

basically, i get to the point in the windows installation where it shows me
the partitions that are already installed.  i have 3 partitions of roughly
4.8 Gigs each.  (i think 2 are for linux, and one is a swap partition.)
regardless, it won't allow me to even try to install windows on those
partitions as windows installation basically claims it doesn't recognize
those partitions, though it calls them the C, F, and G drives.

that's fine with me, because i still have one more available partition with
about 24 Gigs, which windows calls "unknown."  i specifically didn't use the
whole drive when originally installing linux.  windows installation claims
it needs about 1.2 Gigs, but when i try to install on that drive, windows
says it cannot create any more partitions.


so, i am pretty much confused as to how to solve this.  ideally,here's what
i want from most important to least important:
1) i won't have to blast any of the linux partitions.
2) i will be able to install windows and have a way to choose at boot time
between windows and linux.
3) i will be able to install windows in as small a partition as possible (my
2.5 gigs or something), and then will be able to allocate the rest of the 24
gigs to a shared windows/linux partition (if such a thing exists?).
alternatively, i will be able to re-allocate that remaining 21.5 gigs back
to being usable by linux.  (i really don't need a lot of space for windows,
though i appreciate any tips on any swap space i should allocate for
windows.)


for what it's worth, i have a p4 with hyperthreading, if that matters.




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Cheers,
wmeler