On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 08:22 -0500, postid wrote: > I'm preparing to install Debian Lenny on an IBM R40 laptop. My > old layout was as follows: > > hda1=primary=WinXP > hda2=primary=Debian Sarge > hda3=primary=swap > hda4=primary=Knoppix > > (There's also a hidden partition with WinXP recovery stuff at the > end of the drive. I'm going to leave that designated by the BIOS > as hidden.) I've wiped the partitions and reinstalled WinXP on > hda1. > I'll again use Partition Magic under WinXP (or a parted > magic live CD) to create a new layout:
For the record, You don't have to use special tools. Debian-Installer can shrink Windows partition. (and it can create almost any partition you want) > hda1=primary=6GB=WinXP > > hda2=primary=10GB=Debian Lenny / > > hda3=primary=12GB= /home I I were you, I wouldn't use a primary partition for /home (you you can use that partition to install another OS) > In order to get WinXP to boot during the reinstall, I did > an "install-mbr /hda." ?? > After installing Lenny, should I install > Grub on the mbr or should I locate it somewhere else (for > example, at the beginning of hda2)? Usually, you should install grub on the MBR. However, in your situation, you could reinstall IBM's rescue tool's boot-loader on the MBR, then install grub on Debian's partition (you need to set Debian's partition as the "bootable" one, I guess.)... But be prepared it's going to be a tough game. So I recommend you just install grub on the MBR (i.e on /hda). If you ever want to use the IBM's rescue tool, you would just restore the tool's MBR. Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
