> Well almost. Now that we know that the HD on my laptop is toast, I get to
> start over again. This time I do not have to deal with a pre-installed XP
> partition and other inherited issued.
>
> I have to have XP on the thing (corporate req, and have some software that
> I have to use under it).
>
> I am of course going to put Linux on it, so what I need is to get some input
> as to the best proceedure to follow in order to put the two os's on the
> machine. I plan on setting up the 80G disk as follows:
> 20G NTFS
> 20G VFAT (common access for both linux and the other os)
> 40G Linux
>
> Any recommendations or should I do something different?
A couple ways have worked for me:
Install WinXP normally. Boot into XP then defrag the drives. Boot into the Mandrake
(mandriva??) installer and resize the XP partition and write the partitiion table.
Boot with your desired Linux installation disks and install. Boot into XP and
chkdsk.
Another method:
Boot into Linux installation. Create two partitions. Boot into XP installation and
install to the first partition. Boot into Linux installation and carve up the second
partition if desired.
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