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I setup a machine running Windows 2000 Pro SP4, works perfectly. I then installed Linux Redhat 7 from the CD Linux Administration a Beginners Guide. I was able to get the installation to work. I think my problem is that during the Disk Druid partioning I created 3 partitions /, /usr, /swap and didn't mount the NTFS windows partition. So the machine boots up and doesn't give me the option for Windows. I think what I need to do is
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k ntfs auto,ro,umask=002 0 0
No, that should be enough (if you have /mnt/win2k directory). Test it with
mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k
But I'm not sure if RH 7.0 has NTFS support. BTW If possible, upgrade (for example to 7.3), version 7.0 wasn't good.
It doesn't give me the option to make it work. I have no way of even seeing the drive. I have to assume it is still going to work since it is on a seperate partition. I am going home in a bit so I will play with it some more.
Did what Mara told you work? Try "fdisk -l" to see your partitions. Did you have an empty partition for linux? Because if you didn't, and didn't use Partition Magic to make space...
I forgot, it should be "fdisk -l /dev/hda". Don't forget to switch to root. Red Hat has an upgrade you can get to read ntfs. I think the newer versions still need this upgrade.
I upgraded to RH 9 and during the upgrade process it detected my NTFS partition and bingo I can dual boot. My kids will be happy. Too bad really, my son is the only one who will even try to use RH.
Distribution: Red Hat/ Win 2k Pro/Fedora Core2/Suse 9.1 Pro
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if you want to be able to mount the NTFS in 9 use this handy guide, http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/redhat.html . It's really simple to follow, you might have a snag at the fstab when it's all said and done though... read "mounting NTFS" post to see how to fix it
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