Installing Linux on a Windows 2000 machine

jmphillips_2003 · 07-24-2003, 06:45 PM

My home computer has Windows 2000 professional on it, working very well I might add, however I would like to install Linux 9 on it.

Is there a way to install Linux 9 onto the computer and have a dual boot. I know there are partitioning issues, but I do not want to reinstall Windows 2000 or lose any of the data on the computer.

Thanks ahead of time.

jp

aaa · 07-24-2003, 07:18 PM

You can start by repartitioning your harddisk to make space for Linux. Use something nondestructive like Partition Magic to shrink your Win2k partition if it's hogging up you harddisk.

LinuxGuru707 · 07-24-2003, 07:30 PM

make sure also that you unallocate your available disk space for linux when using partition magic.

XC-Mantis · 07-24-2003, 08:04 PM

I was always told that you should defragment your hard disk before resizing a partition - less chance of any data loss

I can't vouch for that myself though, I just use VMware to install Linux from within Windows...

darin3200 · 07-24-2003, 10:09 PM

What distro of 9. Redhat or Mandrake? Mandrake has a nice tool that you can use to let mandrake use unused windows space or even resize partitions.

jmphillips_2003 · 07-24-2003, 11:39 PM

Sorry, it Redhat

Thanks for all your answers