Re: A safe approach whereby , I can have Debian on a Windows partition , sans data loss

[Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org>]

<shyamk@eth.net> writes:

> Could somebody please advice me on a safe approach whereby , I can
> have Debian on a Windows partition , sans data loss . ie : I want
> both the OSes , for different reasons .

There are a couple ways to do it (UMSDOS and a loopback filesystem in
a file on the Windows side) but I don't believe the Debian installer
supports either one.  You'd have to set things up by hand, though
someone may have set up something to help.

However, when the Corel Linux distribution offered something like
this, nearly everyone who tried it complained about the speed of using
it.  It's much better to have a real partition.

I'd personally suggest buying a copy of Partition Magic and using it
to split your E: drive, since it doesn't have the problems fips has
with system files that defrag won't move.

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