Re: Install question
Jamie Hart wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jarregui@elasa.siemens.es [mailto:jarregui@elasa.siemens.es]
> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 1998 1:53 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Install question
>
> Hello!
>
> I have a friend that wants to install in his new 6GB HD Win98, WinNT
> and
> Linux.
> In which order must he do the process? I suppose that Win98 will try to
> own
> the whole computer when installing, and I don't know what kind of
> partitioning is the best. He will use System Commande r to select the OS
> to
> boot.
>
> Win 95/98 needs to be installed on the primary boot partition on drive
> 1.
>
> your freind would be best off partitioning the drive into three 2gig
> partitions, installing Win98 on the first, NT on the second and then
> repartition the third for Linux main/swap.
>
> He hasn't decided which distribution will use. If he gets a quick
> response
> from Debian people....
>
> Don't know if I count as a Debian person, I've just started looking at
> it in the last couple of weeks after years of suffering with
> DOS/95/98/NT.
I think that Microsoft suggests that you isntall '98 and then NT. That
way windows 9x
is automatically installed in NT's boot loader. If you f-disk your hard
drive
before the '98 isntall, you should be able to set aside a nce 2GB
partition for it
and install there... and it shoudln't make you reparition the rest of
your drive.
Even if it does, it'll be an empty partition that you can @Nuke. Then
install NT,
2nd 2GB partition. Finally Linux in the 3rd partation. :> You can
resize the partitions
to taste, of course.
--Evan
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