On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, wmeler wrote:
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.)
This is exactly why I use a different drive for each install. It makes for a very easy installs when you unhook the other drive you _don't_ want to nuke. (Not that I've ever nuked the wrong partition or anything...) ;) Thanks, George