Thank you. I will take a look at all your suggestions. It hs really helped to get some info from knowledgable Linux users. Jereme -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Marshall Sent: Aug 25, 2004 10:39 AM To: SLE Subject: Re: [SLE] Dual Boot Linux and XP Newbie needs help On Wednesday 25 August 2004 10:01 am, Jereme Hancock wrote:

Thanks for all your input. I really appreciate it.

I do have a few questions about the last post. When I create the four new partitions how do I specify each as you indicated (ie. linux swap, /home, /, /boot)? Also ccan you clarify the part about setting up the partitions during the Linux install. If it helps I am going to be using SuSE 9.0. Thanks, Jereme

You don't have to specify to PM what each is to be used for. And they could all be formatted as ext2 at that time since they will be re-formatted in the install if you tell it to format. (and you should) And if PM allows you to put a 'label' on each partition, label them appropriately home, boot, suse90, swap I'd have to actually start an install to get you specific details, but before the install starts, there will be a screen showing you all of the configurations that the install has picked for you. (many of which are not valid such as timezone) On this screen, click on the 'partitioning' section and it will show you that it has decided to make some new partitions. (quite often not what you want). 'Discard' the suggested settings and another screen will come up with something like custom, <something else>, and 'For Experts'. Choose the 'expert mode'. A screen will come up showing you *ALL* of your partitions, including the ones used by XP. Here is where you need to know where your new partitions are. For each new partition, 1) Select it 2) Click on EDIT 3) In the lower right corner, select the proper 'mount point'. For example, your new HOME partition would be mounted at /home 4) Click on the FORMAT button. 5) Tell it to format the partition... I would use reiserfs for everything but swap (which has it's own format) and /boot Once you have done the above steps for all four partitions, finish that screen and start the install. (assuming everything else has been to your liking.) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 08/25/04 10:32 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com Free Palm OS® software and more... www.WhatWouldJesusDownload.com