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Old 04-21-2006, 08:46 PM   #1
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Hello!
I am very interesting in learning about Linux.
I would like to install a Linux and the Windows in the same HD, the windows has installed in the partition ntfs so when I tried to install the Linux I had trouble. Could you help me please?
 
Old 04-21-2006, 09:10 PM   #2
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Hello!
I am very interesting in learning about Linux.
I would like to install a Linux and the Windows in the same HD, the windows has installed in the partition ntfs so when I tried to install the Linux I had trouble. Could you help me please?
what trouble you had ?
whether its ntfs or fat, installation of linux should not face any problem.

anyways...
first of all you need some free space on your HD to install linux. Have at least 5Gb space for it. Doesn't matter whether it will be primary partition or logical.
Install linux in that partiton and install the bootloader of linux into the MBR. Thats it!!!

now since your windows partitions are ntfs so you won't get the write access to your partition through linux. Only read access would be there.
so either have fresh installation of windows too with fat32 file system or except the o/s drive (which would be 'c') delete other partitions of windows and make fresh partitions with fat32 file system.
do whatever suits you.

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Old 04-21-2006, 09:28 PM   #3
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There are 3 partitions, just the windows is ntsf, but when I had installed Linux, I could not have access to windows, The Linux could not recognized the ntfs partition.
I tried installed the unbutu distr, the kurumim but It did not work, so I just intalled the windows and I am here looking for help because I would like to learn about Linux.
 
Old 04-21-2006, 09:50 PM   #4
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There are 3 partitions, just the windows is ntsf, but when I had installed Linux, I could not have access to windows, The Linux could not recognized the ntfs partition.
I tried installed the unbutu distr, the kurumim but It did not work, so I just intalled the windows and I am here looking for help because I would like to learn about Linux.
ok.
hope you know that in order to see/access the windows drives you need to mount that drives.
#mount -t ntfs /dev/hdx<no.> /mnt/<destination>
mounting drives in linux

but since that partition is 'ntfs' so only read support will be there.
if it doesn't even provide the read support then you have to compile the kernel to enable that option

regards
 
Old 04-21-2006, 10:18 PM   #5
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Thank you,

I am going to try do it! I hope I can
 
  


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