Re: [SLUG] Partition new HD first?

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Sun Sep 11 2005 - 00:36:41 EDT


On Saturday 10 September 2005 11:35 pm, Richard Smoot wrote:
> On Saturday 10 September 2005 18:06, Bob Stia wrote:
> > Hello Sluggers,
> >
.............<snip a bunch>...........
> > Can I just plug in the new drive, boot SuSE from the boot CD and
> > then go partition from there? Then go reinstall Windoze and restore
> > the mbr ?
> >
> > Thanks for any guidance.
> >
> > Bob S.

Thanks Eben, Richard
>
> Your new drive needs to be master on the first IDE port usually IDE0.

Yes it is the master and will replace the old master.

> Start to install Windows. You should be able to select to install it
> on a partition of 5 to 10 gigs.

Really ??? It will allow that? This is Win98. I guess I will find out
early in the install. (Would really love to dump it but have some
proprietary programs that will only run on Win) (entrance gate control
for the community) Anyway.....

> After you have set up windows on this
> small partition, you can boot SUSE using a boot floppy or your SUSE
> cd 1 or DVD. The SUSE install media will give you a choice to boot
> installed OS the hard drive. Once you have got SUSE running, you can
> fix the boot process. Using SUSE partitioning tools you can further
> subdivide the space on your new Drive. I have 3 differant Distros in
> mine. I have a good sized swap drive space which all my installed
> distros all share, since only one is running at a time.
>
Thanks for the advice guys.

Bob S.
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