Re: XP then Linux
On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:45 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote:
> I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only
> Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that.
> So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free
> space.
> Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized
> (extended) partition from the free space, which will be in ext2 by
> default.
> From their I create logical partitions for boot/root , swap , var ,
> and home.
>
> Because I despise XP, I will just boot Debian from a floppy (will
> make several copies with rawrite) 'til I have a handle on Linux, then
> use dd to write over the first partition with zeros, then dd again to
> copy Woody verbatim to the the first partition where it can access the
> BIOS.....
>
> Sound like a plan?
>
bruce, do take the time to read up on creating a dual-boot system. talk of
writing over the first partition with zeros just sounds like something you
might wish you hadn't done, later on.
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