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good partitioning program?
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So I'm trying to setup dualboot on my PC for work with Linux Redhat/WindowsXP, but I need to create another partition on the master HD without formatting/losing all the info on the disk.......can anyone recommend a good partitioning program that will do this? cheers.
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you can do it with xp, not the best of tools (as im sure all the microsoft hate group here will tell you), but it works
Otherwise, most people use partion magic after defragging the hard disk.
So if you installed linux on a different disk and put its bootloader on that one you could have both disks independent of each other. If you chose to overwrite the windoes bootloader you'd still be able to load windows, but only if the disk with linux was in the computer too, so having them separate is a good idea.
no to what exactly? im confused, sounds like you're saying you can have Windows and Redhat on separate disks, as long as the one with Linux is set to master, because Linux bootloader can boot either Linux or Windows, but Windows can only boot itself.........no?
softworld that sounds ideal, do you just choose the A: (or whatever it is in linux - dev/fd0) as the destination for installing the bootloader during the Linux installation..........?
I'd highly reccomend you DO NOT install to the MBR becuase when it goes wrong and comes crashignd own, you'll actaully want to kill yourself for wasting the last hour of your life.
Also on the subjkect of Redhat, i used it for my linux server, didnt like it very much, good Distro id reccomend would be Vectorlinux, its extremly fast, even on a 500mhz machine and is one CD, it also installs in about 10minutes if your pc is pretty good.
www.vectorlinux.com
It also has the superblock and floppy options.
Edit:
Forgot to mention, go for the VL:SOHO edition. It's much better than the standard.
KDE ftw!
Root PArtition is the linux '/' partition. so it would be slave in your case. ( see what i did there? )
2 books id reccomend
1) Linux in Easy Steps by Mike Mcgrath - This will be such an easy book to understand.
2)Teach Yuorself Linux by Robert billing - harder than the above one but teaches alot more.