On Thursday 11 September 2003 00:15, John covici wrote: > I am pretty sure windows in general always wants to be the first > partition on a given drive and even if I am wrong about that you > can't have more than one boot partition per drive -- also make sure > your machine will boot from the third drive. > > Also, you should not do the install on a separate box, windows needs > to know the hardware it is going to encounter during the install.
That's a point. Though the only 'different' thing between the two is probably the video drivers. My CD-writer on this box is a LG/Goldstar which Linux at least treats like a generic CD-ROM. But what I will do (if I install on this box) is unplug my /hda drive first so Windows can't munge my Debian setup. > You might consider vmware -- seems much safer to me for what you want. Isn't that commercial? (OK, I know, Windoze is, but I already have the Windoze CDs). I don't mind if the install fails at first, and I have to fiddle around a bit - it won't munge any data or anything. cr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
