Subj : Re: installing Linux RH 9.0 as the 3rd OS
To   : comp.os.linux
From : fpd
Date : Wed Oct 06 2004 12:21 am

"Tsun Szu" <bentay@streamyx.com> wrote in message
news:415d8cd3_1@news.tm.net.my...
> Presently my P3-500mhz laptop is installed with win98se and winxp.
It has a
> 40gb hard drive. Win98se is installed in primary partition (FAT32)
c: and
> winXP in the secondary partition (FAT32), logical drive d:
>
> c: has about 17gb, d: about 8gb and e: (also FAT32) about 9gb free
space.
>
> If I start RH 9.0 installation from the CD what will happen? Do I
have to
> delete logical drive e: first before I start the
installation.........since
> Linux cannot read FAT32? What is the equivalent drive representation
for c:
> d: e: in Linux. And after I have finished installing RH 9.0 will
there be a
> choice
> menu appearing on restart?
>

Tsun,

I was surprised one day when I put SuSE 9.1 Personal image into a CD
drive and it recognized that I had Win98 installed, and it asked if I
wanted to make the unused portion of the (unpartitioned) hard drive
into a new partition for SuSE.  It did all the "partition magic" and
after a dozen mouse-clicks, I had a dual-boot Win98/SuSE9.1.  I am not
advocating SuSE, but I have not seen Red Hat or Fedora do the same.
Maybe I just haven't tinkered enough.

RHL, FC, SuSE recognize all hard drives connected and powered-up while
installing.  They also recognize when you change any piece of
hardware, and launch KUDZU, which asks if you want to delete the old
device driver (you may keep it on your system) and install the new
device driver.

GRUB or LILO will give you the choice of which OS to boot, most geeks
like LILO.  I like GRUB.  It has a graphic splash screen and it's
completely editable in /boot/grub/menu.lst (must be superuser).

It's a fun toy.  I'm a Linux noob, and I'm collecting a bunch of
flavors.  I have two goals: #1 is to make a Linux web server so I can
start hosting the web sites I write (using notepad!).  #2 is to
convert all my Winders friends to Linux.  I already have a DBA friend
(a total code geek) begging me to learn quicker and change her WinXP
to dual-boot or just Linux-something.

Have fun.  Don't forget to enjoy the sun and the rain.

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