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partioning for dual boot



Hello all,

I didn't see a mail list for installation problems so I decided to try this group. If this is the wrong place for this, I apologize in advance.

I'm trying to install a debian system but I need to have the partition set up correctly. I currently have Windows and Redhat linux on my hard drive. Linux partition this as follows:

location        start     end    fs
--------        -----     ---    --
/dev/hda
 /dev/hda1     1         2246   NTFS
 /dev/hda2     2247      2252   ext3
 /dev/hda3     2253      3583   ext3
 /dev/hda4     3589      3649   extended
 /dev/hda4     3589      3649   linux swap

According to my theory, it looks like /dev/hda2 is the boot sector. Is this correct? I'd like to install debian on this existing partition. I'm assuming that I can leave this as is and debian will write to the appropriate sections of the hard drive. Can anyone tell me if I should change this or is it OK to leave this as is?
All help is greatly appreciated.

bp

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