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HI, is there a way to install redhat 7.3
on a pc with preinstalled xp. Basically I am looking for a program similar to fips which could repartition the drive without destroying the content, but it only works with FAT, not NTFS as current windows. This would spare me reinstalling windows, which I need for other things, unfortunately,
Thanks,
MP
I used Ghost to do exactly what your doing and I am now happily running redhat... I think it costs ~$65, but it is well worth it. It has proven a very powerful tooll... good luck
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use partition magic 7 to resize your partition. when you install RH7.3 and get to the point where you install the boot loader, tell it to install to the boot partition and not the MBR (ie /dev/hda6 or what ever partition contains /boot. make sure you create a boot disk or you will not beable to get back in when you reboot. start the system up with the boot disk. now you will need to copy your boot record to a floppy (cp /dev/hda /mnt/floppy). reboot and load up windows. copy the file from the floppy to the root directory of windows and add in a line to load the linux boot record in the boot.ini file. (should go something like that, it works with win2k so I don't see why not with XP.)
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first of all, I think no computer setup as only one C drive. well if they do, then can say anything else.
if you have 2 drives: C and D, then install Linux separate from windows that is drive D.
if you have big hardrive, then use partionmagic to resize for your convinience.
Now, when your installation process gets to BOOT, select boot to FIRST SECTOR of THE PARTITION.
Make sure you create a boot disk after next step DON"T SKIP IT, or you loose your time of setting up.
when you finish the installation, reboot, and get into GUI or window interface; open the command prompt or SHELL.
typing exactly below
mkdir /win
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win
( NOTE: hda1 or may be different if your
windows XP or any preinstall OS location in diffrent partition.)dd if=/dev/hda2 bs=512 count=1 of=/win/lin.bin
(NOTE: hda2 is where LINUX installed or may be different if you have more than 2 partitions and install to the other partition not the D drive)
Now, edit the boot.ini using vi editor.
cd /win
vi boot.ini
with press i for insert, and using arrow to move down, adding to last line:C:\linux.bin="REDHAT 7.*"
save it using:
ESC
:wq (colon w q )
at this point you are all set. reboot, you will see option to boot to XP, and Linux.if not, watch your steps and typo
good luck
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hello,
i tried to dual boot linux 7.0 with my windows XP.on running fips ,i get a error saying:
"Unknown file system
Only DOS partitions can be split (system indicator byte must be 4 or 6)"
i don't know what to do now.can any one help?
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shyam,
it says that because windows xp uses the NTFS file system. FIPS only allows you to repartition DOS/FAT file systems.try to look for partition magic, it works like a charm.
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I was able to partition the NTFS disk with fdisk. I created a 20GB NTFS partition (you can create the partition, then define the format type later. the ID for NTFS is 7). I then created several Linux and swap partitions. Then successfully installed Linux RH 7.1.
However after the Linux install completed and I tried to reboot, I got a BOOT DISK error just after the BIOS screen and was unable to proceed. So I restored my Windows XP from disk, which it said repartitioned everything. Luckily with a Athlon 1800+, the whole attempt took less than an hour.
Does PartitionMagic do something special? I thought fdisk did not overwrite the data that was on the disk. If I create a boot disk during Linux install, do I have to boot off that disk the next time I reboot? Don't remember that step from previous linux installs.
What is bad is that the damn XP restore disk will always reformat to the original state, so I have to be sure not to delete any XP data when I install Linux.
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