On Saturday 03 January 2004 22:12 pm, Jake Pumphrey wrote:
My friend wants to try Linux so I said he could use my SUSE 8.2pro disks to try an install alongside his current XP pro. I gather from here and elsewhere that this is OK with SUSE. Perhaps he will like it and we can share the cost of SUSE9 (both a bit strapped for cash). I'm slightly nervous about "helping" him, as I'm not exactly an expert. Also my own install is SUSE only so I'm not sure about the dual-boot thing.
His filesystem is NTFS, no partitions.
I figure he should use partition magic to make a Linux partition before we start with SUSE. Is this correct?
Just use PM to resize the NTFS then let the SuSE installer partition the newly created space. Of course - do the relevant fs checks on Windows first, and back up anything important!
And grub is the way to go re dual-booting presumably? I ask because he was going on about some windows boot-loader. Oh no I remember, it was boot-magic.
If he's concerned, or you are unsure, you can get the installer to put grub on a floppy - that way you can check how it all works out. Dylan
Jake
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