Redhat/XP dual boot with single hard drive

[Paul]

Is it possible to dual boot Redhat and Windows XP on a single hard
drive? Ideally I would like partition the drive into two 20GB parts
and have a simple boot menu. I have a good knowledge of DOS/Windows
file systems and partitioning methods. Unfortunately I am very new to
Linux and it's file systems. I have installed Rehat 7.3 before but
only on a new drive. Would someone please explain the necessary steps.
How is a boot menu set up? What OS should be installed first?

Thanks for your time

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Dual booting Windows XP or 2000 with Linux
http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html

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| Is it possible to dual boot Redhat and Windows XP on a single hard
| drive? Ideally I would like partition the drive into two 20GB parts
| and have a simple boot menu. I have a good knowledge of DOS/Windows
| file systems and partitioning methods. Unfortunately I am very new to
| Linux and it's file systems. I have installed Rehat 7.3 before but
| only on a new drive. Would someone please explain the necessary steps.
| How is a boot menu set up? What OS should be installed first?
|
| Thanks for your time

 

[Malke]

Is it possible to dual boot Redhat and Windows XP on a single hard
drive? Ideally I would like partition the drive into two 20GB parts
and have a simple boot menu. I have a good knowledge of DOS/Windows
file systems and partitioning methods. Unfortunately I am very new to
Linux and it's file systems. I have installed Rehat 7.3 before but
only on a new drive. Would someone please explain the necessary steps.
How is a boot menu set up? What OS should be installed first?

Thanks for your time

Google Is Your Friend. If you Google for "dual boot XP Linux", you'll
get about 190,000 links.

Very basically, install XP and make your partitions during the
installation process. Install XP on the first partition. Get that os
all set up, including applying all updates. Do not connect XP to the
Internet without firewalling it first.

Then install Linux on the second partition. Depending on what distro you
choose (I haven't used Redhat for years, preferring SuSE), you will
have an option to do an Advanced Install where you'll get the
opportunity to install on the partition of your choice. Install the
Linux bootloader (Grub or LILO) on the MBR. It can boot either Linux or
XP.

Malke

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is it possible to dual boot Redhat and Windows XP on a single hard
drive? Ideally I would like partition the drive into two 20GB parts
and have a simple boot menu. I have a good knowledge of DOS/Windows
file systems and partitioning methods. Unfortunately I am very new to
Linux and it's file systems. I have installed Rehat 7.3 before but
only on a new drive. Would someone please explain the necessary steps.
How is a boot menu set up? What OS should be installed first?

Have the XP there first, and then in the Redhat install, use a Custom
one that allows you to define the new partitions you make, leaving the
XP alone. When it asks where to install the boot loader (lilo or grub)
have it in the master record of the whole disk, and set up its
configuration to have one entry to the linux root, and one to the XP
partition.

Or
Use a third party boot manager, like BootIT NG, from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)
installed in the partition it will set up for itself, and use that, in
this case telling the Linux install to put its boot in the root
partition and then setting up the external manager to have an entry
pointing to that and one pointing to the XP. That has the benefit that
you don''t have such complications restoring the access to one system
after reinstalling the other, just a need to reactivate the manager