Re: Partitioning for XP & Linux, How Much for What?

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From: chrisv (chrisv_at_nospam.invalid)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 07:41:33 -0500

Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> "Dave C." <mdupre@sff.net> wrote:
>
>>>After Windows XP is fully installed, tested, and running fine, THEN install
>>>linux. (I'd suggest Mandrake linux or redhat fedora)
>
>> You guys do know, of course, that the latest versions (2.6 kernel) of
>> Linux will render you Windows partition unbootable? This is well
>> documented. Happened to me with Fedora C2.
>
>Huh? I have been using stock 2.6.x up to 2.6.9-rc2 without any
>problem like this. Care to give a reference? Or is this just
>a problem of Fedora?

All 2.6 kernels have the issue, is my understanding.

>> Of course, Windows will (intentionally) do the same to a
>> previously-installed Linux partition.
>
>Not if you create the installation partition with Linux. At least
>I have done this successfully several times.

What do mean, exactly? Windows will replace the boot-loader every
time, and not give an option to boot Linux, from what I've seen.

>> So, basically, you're screwed
>> for dual-boot, unless you use same third-party boot manager (which I
>> regard as kludges).
>
>"Huh?" again: Lilo and Grub do the job without problem. And they
>are not "third-party".

"Lilo and Grub" are NOT what I consider "kludgy third party
boot-loaders". In theory, the preferred way to get the dual-boot
going is to install Windows first, then Linux, using Grub or Lilo to
allow dual-booting.

FC2 uses Grub by default, and there was no option to boot Windows. It
was hosed. It's a documented fact that the 2.6 kernel has this
problem.

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