Re: installing on a partition
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:39:27 +0100
Jochen Schulz <kannstmichma@gmx.net> wrote:
>* Christian Evans:
>>
>> I will be completing a build in the next couple of days and have
>> decided to install Debian on my new system. However, I also need XP
>> installed, and I am not sure which I should install on my hard drive
>> first.
>
>Install Windows first, then Debian. Otherwise Windows would overwrite
>your boot manager (lilo or grub). The installer for sarge should even
>enable you to resize an existing Windows partition, but I would
>carefully plan the partition table before installing anything (takes
>less time, involves no risk). Since you are reinstalling everything
>from scratch that shouldn't be a problem.
>
>Just use the Windows installer for creating an NTFS or FAT partition
>and leave the rest of the disk empty. When you're finished, use the
>Debian installer to partition the rest. You may want to have a 'shared'
>partition, on which Windows *and* Linux can write (mp3s, movies...).
>The best way to do this is to create a large FAT partition because
>Linux has no (free) NTFS write support. You can do that at install time
>and select a mount point for it (eg "/data").
>
>> I have installed different distributions of Linux before, and you can
>> usually setup a partition table. Is it similar with Debian?
>
>Yes. Although sarge is not yet stable (and it may even take a while to
>get there) I suggest you use the new sarge installer. Most people think
>it is more user friendly, especially for new users. The drawback is
>that you may run into minor or (very unlikely) major problems because
>there are still some changes made to sarge. On the other hand, you save
>the possible headache of updating from woody to sarge. And remember:
>the woody installer cannot resize partitions.
>
>> If I use a setup like this, will I be prompted for which partition I
>> wish to boot to?
>
>The installer will search for existing operating systems and ask you
>whether Windows should be included in the boot menu. Say 'Yes' and
>everything will be fine. Of course, if you miss that opportunity, you
>still can add Windows to the boot menu later.
>
>J.
I've installed win98 on a vfat partition (first of cource) and after
that ( 1 year later) i've installed win200 + professionnal on the same
partition !
So, win200 is a ntfs filesystem, do it ?
I can write/read without any problem to win.
mess-mate
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