[Gloucs] XP Linux dual boot

[Stephen Greig]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 09:00 +0100, John Kilgour wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 August 2005 21:36, Alan Carter wrote:
> > On 17 Aug 2005, at 15:39, Steve Greig wrote:
> > > Hi, First of all thanks for previous help on burning Ubuntu Live CD
> > > etc. I have had an interesting time testing Ubuntu Live and then a
> > > version of Fedora1 that came with a book call Linux for Non-Geeks. I
> > > went throught the projects in the book. I have now restored XP. Apart
> > > from not being able to resurrect my backed up old outlook express
> > > emails all has gone well. I would love to be able to transer all these
> > > into an open source email program but it looks tricky.
> >
> > Kmail lets you import your emails from outlook express if I remember
> > correctly and uses a XP type wizard to do so.
> >
> > > I am now keen to install XP and Ubuntu on the lap top but have found
> > > reading about this has still left me with some questions. These mainly
> > > relate to what sort of partitions I should create on my 18GB hard
> > > drive. It is FAT32 (at the moment) and for Windows is probably best
> > > kept that way so I can access the Windows partition from Linux. I
> > > would be very grateful for any advice on how to partition the disc and
> > > what order to install the Windows and Linux OSs.
> >
> > Install windows first as all Linux distribution recognize windows is
> > installed and create you a boot menu for dual boot automatically.
> 
> Before installing Linux, defragment your hard disk to get all the Windows 
> files at one end.
> 
> > If 
> > you install windows afterwards you will need to restore the MBR(daul
> > boot menu) not impossible but can be difficult for a beginner.
> > You are write to leave windows as FAT32 as linux fully supports this
> > and has for many years.
> > Partitioning can be a little personal but for a first install I would
> > create 2 partitions for linux. 512mb or so swap and about 8-9gb ext3
> > root partition, you may need to adjust this size to fit you XP.
> 
> One alternative would be to split the 8Gb ext3 partition into two 4Gb ext3 
> partitions and use one for /home and the other for everything else. This 
> makes saving user data easier when you upgrade you Linux system.
> 
> > > If I can't dual boot I thought I would go for Fedora as the sole
> > > operating system. I only want XP for programs that wont' work on
> > > Linux. One is MathCad for a course I am hoping to do and the other is
> > > something like itunes which I have heard is not available for Linux
> > > but was wondering if equivalent pay to download music programs were
> > > available.
> >
> > You should have no problems with dual boot and to start is what I would
> > recomment. I don't know about replacements for iTunes but you can talk
> > with a Ipod ok but havn't tried myself.
> >
> > > Any comments, advice etc would be appreciated. Best wishes from Steve
> > >
> > >
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