Matthew, Other people will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that Window$ expects to be put on the primary partition and will wipe out all the other partitions. I would back everything up install W2K then partition the disk and reinstall RH.
Andrew -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Saltzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dual boot configuration (again) I posted this a few days back and haven't seen a reply, so I thought I'd try again. TIA for any assistance (including a gentle explanation for why it's a stupid question, if that's appropriate...). I have a Dell Latititude C640, with the following disk layout. (1) These things come with a pre-allocated primary partition containing diagnostics, and there is a BIOS boot option to boot the diagnostic partition. (2) To use suspend-to-disk with an APM OS, I have a second primary partition allocated. This holds the S2D image and a utility to save and restore. (3) I have /boot as a small primary partition. In order to use the S2D partition, GRUB has to be installed in this partition, and this partition is set active. (4) Next is the extended partition. It holds logical partitions for /, /usr, /home, and swap. (5) I have some unallocated space, and I'd like to reload the Win2K that came with the machine and set up dual boot. Obviously, I've used up my three primary partitions. I can make the Win2K partition inside the extended partition, but that raises my questions: (1) Can I boot into an OS in a logical partition from GRUB? (2) Can I boot into Windows in a logical partition with the usual MBR boot loader if I make the /boot partition inactive? (I wouldn't do this normally, but if I need Dell support, the pedants there insist that they won't support a dual boot machine, so I need to be able to make the thing boot directly into Windows.) (3) Alternatively, can I make /boot a logical partition and still make it active? TIA. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list *********************************************************************************** NNC Limited Booths Hall Chelford Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 8QZ Country of Registration: United Kingdom Registered Number: 1120437 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the NNC system manager by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************************** -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
