Installing Windows After Linux Installation

joanduan · 02-18-2005, 03:10 AM

Hey i wonder whether there is any way to install WINDOWS 2000 after installing Linux. I've Red Hat 9 installed and want to install windows 2000, but i don't want to re-install Linux.

Thanx in advance

okmyx · 02-18-2005, 03:24 AM

For some strange reason Windows demands that it is installed on the first partition on the drive.

You could try to juggle your partitions but to be honest its probably easier to install a second HD and put it on that.

codejungle · 02-18-2005, 03:52 AM

if you use the grub to boot your system,then i think you can search for some grub thread to get more info

darkleaf · 02-18-2005, 04:22 AM

It could be. I did this and used my linux CD as a rescue disk to rerun lilo. I'm not sure if it'll always work though.

syg00 · 02-18-2005, 05:30 AM

If you can create a primary partition to use you should be o.k.
I'm guessing all the ntldr based systems since NT 4 allow you to install anywhere. Win98 was different and *did* need to be on the first partition.
Win2000 *will* over-write the MBR. You will have to rerun lilo, or grub-install to rectify.

Of course, you don't have to - you can load Linux from boot.ini. It's just a bit more messy to achieve.
That's Micro$oft for you.