Running Linux and want to make a Daul Boot with XP
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Running Linux and want to make a Daul Boot with XP
I am running Linux Slackware, but now want to dual boot with Windows XP.
I have no other OS but Linux running currently, what would be the most easyiest way partition a FAT32 Drive, so i can install Windows XP with out loosing any data on my Linux???
Also, how do i convert the Root partition to FAT32 so i can have 5GIG partition for Windows, and the Root where Windows and Linux can shre the rest of the drive.
You're going to lose your Linux bootloader when you install XP (the XP bootloader will automatically overwrite it, and XP doesn't know or care that you want to dual-boot with Linux), so you won't be able to boot into Linux until you repair it. Before installing XP, make sure to make a boot floppy, get a LiveCD distro like SLAX, Knoppix, Mepi,s or MandrakeMove, or read up on how to use the Slack install CD as a rescue disk to repair the bootloader so you can boot both systems normally.
Yes, that is simple-- as long as you know what chroot is and how to use it. Which many new users don't. Which is why I suggested that w0lv3rin3 find out (man chroot will do) before s/he needs to use it (because XP is installed and Linux can't be booted anymore). You'd also need to chroot from a LiveCD, but not from a boot floppy, which is why I suggested all three alternatives, so that w0lv3rin3 could use whatever option was best suited to his/her level of experience.
But it's good that w0lv3rin3 doesn't have to go trawling through How-To's now to find out how to use the Slack CD to repair LiLO (assuming s/he is using LiLO and not GRUB).
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