On Saturday 10 September 2005 09:08 pm, Eben King wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Bob Stia wrote:
> > Hello Sluggers,
> >
> > This has probably been discussed a thousand time before. Darned if I can
> > find this specifically though.
> >
> > Have dual boot system. Windows on hda & Suse on hdb. hda is small &
> > dying and I bought a new much larger disk to replace it with. Now I
> > believe that I can just plug it in and pop in the Windoze disk and let
> > it install. (Looong time since I did a Windoze install) Then restore my
> > mbr for SuSE.
> >
> > I would rather not do that. I don't want Windoze populating the whole
> > disk. Would like to set up a small partition for Windoze and partition
> > the rest of the disk for Linux. (SuSE & other distros to try out)
> >
> > 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 ?
>
> You're proposing to partition the new drive, then install? I see no reason
> why not. If you install Win first (i.e. before Linux) you don't need to
> fix the MBR; installing sets both OSes up.
How you install depends on which type of MS installation you have.
If you have a MS install disk setup then you may install MS first. This is
something which I have not tried. It is also something I would not
recommend your doing such since MS goes to great length to make itself
incompatible with Linux.
If of course you DO BOT have a MS Windows install disk but have a RECOVERY
disk you MUST install MS Windows FIRST since the first thing MS Windows is
going to do is reformat the HD. This is of course what I would recommend your
doing even if you have a install disk.
Next you need to install Partation Magic and split the HD in to two components
one of MS Windows and one for everything else. I recommend your doing this
BEFORE you install any Windows programs. Minimum size partation for MS
Windows is about 5 GB [I recommend 7 GB] for Windows to operate correctly. At
the 5 to 10 GB range if you use over 1/3 of the partation AFTER all programs
and data are installed you are asking for trouble.
Next install Linux. You can split your HD in any decent Linux distribution by
doing expert install. I recommend the following.
hda1 5 GB NTFS Windows System
hda2 extended
hda5 As big as possible fat32 Common_Data
hda6 100 MB ext3 /boot
hda7 7 GB ext3 /
hda8 5 GB ext3 /home
hda9 5 GB ext3 /var
Experience with databases has shown that Progress and MYSQL both store their
data in /var. If you plan on updating from disk, the easy way, or any other
modification by disk then /var will be wiped if it is included in the /
partation. Same goes for /home.
I strongly recommend DO NOT USE Mandrake's, Fedoras', or SuSE's normal default
partation setup. If you do you are asking for problems and you will be sorry.
Also note if / partation is over 1/2 full on competition of installation you
may not be able to update your system as you will have NO space left for
temporary files which on updating are as large as the system to be stored in.
Frank
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