[lug] Dual Boot with Windows XP

[rm at fabula.de]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:13:36AM -0600, J. Wayde Allen wrote:
> [...] 
> they've got:
> 
> Name	Flags	Part Type	FS Type		Label	Size
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> hda1		Primary		Unknown (DE) 		   32.91 MBytes
> hda2	Boot	Primary		NTFS		[^C]	29964.70 MBytes
> 		Pri/Log		Free Space		    8.23 MBytes
> 
> This is a bit different than what I've seen in the past.  Is there
> something special about the first and last partitions here?  

Not  shure about it, but some notebooks come with a partition they use to
save their RAM to when falling asleep. I once  installed Linux on a notebook
and whiped out this partition _Without_ disabling the 'save to disk' feature 
in the BIOS :-/ I did loose some data during the first suspend.


  Ralf Mattes

> My first
> inclination is like I said, to delete everything, partition off a minimal
> section at the beginning of the disk for a reinstallation of XP, and then
> install Linux in what is left.  I'm just wondering if maybe my
> partitioning might end up being a bit more complicated this
> time.  Comments or references I should read?		
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
> 
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