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walter@lamar.colostate.edu wrote:
: I'm looking for some disk partitioning advice.  Due to some hardware
: failures and subsequent "merging" of machines I want to setup Linux
: (Redhat 5.2) and Windows '98 on a dual-boot system.  I've got a 6.4 GB
: hard disk to do this on.  What I would like is some advice on setting up
: initial partitions and such.  Things like what utility to setup the dual
: (or is it duel ;) boot system, which OS do I have to install first (or
: does it matter), etc.  If you have any advice please fire away.

I would install Win first.  Windows doesn't play well with others, but
Linux will play well with Windows.  I would suggest something along 
the lines of 2048MB in hda1 for Windows, 2048Mb in hda2 (Extended
partition crap), 2048 in hda5 (Actually in hda2, but due to that
extended wierdness... Or is that fixed, yet?  And the remaining for
Linux and its swap (hda3 and hda4).

Lilo will handle the dual-booting.

Windows will only see its own partitions, but Linux will be able to
see them all.  The hda5 partition will give you the option of turning
that partition into a full-linux partition when you come completly
over to the dark side. :)

Until then, you'll want it for bloated Windows apps, MP3s and ... uh...
pictures.  Yeah.

But this is just my suggestion. :)

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