Dual booting RH Linux with Win XP

jgnasser · 09-21-2004, 01:54 AM

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Win XP Pro and I would like to put in RH linux too. Could someone offer me some info and advice on how to go about this or point me to some tutorial or explanation of how to do this?

sether · 09-21-2004, 02:18 AM

this is probably useful: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/veselosky.html

a lot of people ask this question and questions relating to dualbooting. read the article i linked to above and search LQ and google for more answers. if you have any problems with the specifics, feel free to ask.

rm6990 · 09-21-2004, 10:54 AM

RedHat is outdated and no longer supported. I would suggest using Fedora Core 2, which is Red Hat's latest OS. Or you could try something like Mandrake. Just shrink your Windows partition with PartitionMagic ($50) or qtparted (partition magic clone that is free) and then let linux use the rest of the space. Some distros, such as SUSE and Mandrake, will automatically shrink your Windows partition for you. Also, make sure you defrag your Windows partition before shrinking it, it will probably save you a lot of headaches.