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LocoCoyote · 05-22-2003, 12:56 AM

Get used to rebooting to change Os's.
I have found that win XP and RedHat coexsist well on a single computer. You have plenty of room for both OS's with that 80GB. My RedHat 9 complete took about 4GB (including swap space) You might want to leave some room for differnt Distros.

My advice is to sep up a swap file = to RAM x 2 and the rest as a ext3 partion (use diskdruid, it comes with RH)
Also I recommend partioning with fdsik, install windows, then install linux.
a bit chaotic, this answer, but I think I hit the points. Need anymore advice let me know..I got three OS's running on my notebook.

05-22-2003, 12:56 AM	#2
LocoCoyote Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 537	Get used to rebooting to change Os's. I have found that win XP and RedHat coexsist well on a single computer. You have plenty of room for both OS's with that 80GB. My RedHat 9 complete took about 4GB (including swap space) You might want to leave some room for differnt Distros. My advice is to sep up a swap file = to RAM x 2 and the rest as a ext3 partion (use diskdruid, it comes with RH) Also I recommend partioning with fdsik, install windows, then install linux. a bit chaotic, this answer, but I think I hit the points. Need anymore advice let me know..I got three OS's running on my notebook. __________________ Nisi defectum, Exploro quippini