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From: Allan Adler
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:42

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Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> writes:

> Let us put the shoe on the other foot. Say you have a Linux system and you
> want to install a Windows system on it -- dual boot. Is that easier and
> clearer than the way the OP complains of?
> 
> I know it is much simpler to install Windows first, but say I do not want
> to. (This is a rhetorical question, although I did install Windows XP once
> on a machine already running Red Hat Linux 7.3. I made three full-backup
> tapes of the system first (cannot be too careful), installed Win XP which
> clobbered the first of three hard drives, then restored the Linux stuff (and
> boot block) of the first hard drive from backup tape. Worked fine with no
> surprises.)

I know someone who had Windows on a laptop and wanted to add a Linux
partition. He used Partition Magic and had no problems. Ditto when he
wanted to uninstall Linux and make the whole thing Windows again. One
thing I don't know is whether you can start with a PC running Linux
and use Partition Magic to add a Windows partition without trashing the
Linux partition. Partition Magic can reapportion an existing Windows partition
intelligently but it seems unlikely it can do the same for a Linux partition.
-- 
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.

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From: Allan Adler <ara@nestle.csail.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 2007 03:42:13 -0400
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