Win2000

[Richard Meeker]

If you're getting a Windows 2000 Professional box at work, then it will most
likely have NTFS installed on it.  The real problem is the security
descriptors that are built into the file system.  If the RedHat partitioning
utilities support NTFS 5.0 then there will be no problem with Windows 2000
being able to read the partion.  However, this may render your system as
unbootable.  Your best bet, if you have any control is either to use the
FAT32 file system (for Windows 2000) or to set aside the necessary space for
the creation of EXT2, and Linux Swap partitions.

I personally have not setup a dual boot of Linux and Windows 2000.  My
Win2000 box is a client machine, and I use Linux on my server and my laptop
:).  Unfortunately, this may leave you as being the one to experiment
through trial and error.

Rick Meeker

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at illiana.net [mailto:owner-kclug at illiana.net]On Behalf
Of Gene Dascher
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:30 PM
To: Kclug
Subject: kclug - Win2000

Has anyone out there experimented with a dual boot of Win2000 and Linux?  I
am going to be getting a Win2000 box at work and want to put Linux on it as
well.  Will the RedHat partitioning utilities allow you to break up a single
Win2000 drive so you can install Linux?

Thanks,

Gene Dascher
Systems Developer
Multi Service Corp.
(913) 663-9415
gedascher at multiservice.com