> -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Pommer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Jun 04, Katharine McCoy wrote: > > I am trying to find a way to partition my new Dell Inspiron > 8100 so that I can > > install Debian on one of the partitions and keep winXP on > the other partition > > (I'm a student, so I really do need both). I don't have an > actual installation > > CD for XP, so I'm trying to do this without wiping XP. > > > > Is this possible? If so, how would I go about doing this? > Thanks for any help > > yes, it's possible. Use a partitioning tool which supports NTFS (like > PartitionMagic) to reduce the size of the windows partition, > this works > without loosing the data. Then there is space for linux. > For the bootloader again you need a tool which supports both > worlds, one > possibility is to do some boot.ini-magic, but grub should > work as well. > (When I had the same problem, lilo could not handle ntfs, I > don't know if > the situation improved since then)
Yep, it's improved. I'm dual-booting XP and Debian with LILO right now on my ThinkPad, in fact. Also, with the 'lba32' line somewhere in your lilo.conf, there's no 1024 cylinder restriction. Jeremy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
