michaelz92

so im guessing, at this point, that i would need to find a fat32 filesystem harddrive? my spare harddrive on my extra computer(slave) is a fat32, but is quite full. I suppose i could ask if i could format, or atleast get some big stuff off it, so i could install mandriva on it..but would it be possible to install mandriva on a spare harddrive?

What I've done is have a dual boot with both Operating Systems on one hard disk, but the same can be done for two hard disks.

 

I'd tend to put Windows on the first hard disk, therefore C:, and then have Linux on the second hard disk drive.

 

However, if you only have one hard disk, and want to install Linux on it, you'll need to check the disk for errors, and then perform a defrag.  During the installation of Linux you can custom disk partition, and resize your original C: partition to create space for Linux.

 

Linux will only need a swap partition of 512MB, but you can click the auto button to get it to partition it all up for you anyway once you've resized Windows.

 

Note, FAT32 is readable and writeable in Linux, but NTFS is only readable.  There is support for writing on NTFS but it's not very stable from what I hear/read.

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waiiiiiitttt......So with NTFS harddrive i can't put files on there? So i can't make a OpenOffice Document then save it? But havent lots of people done this with Windows XP and Mandriva dual boot.

i would like to install mandrake 2006 on my extra computer with 2 harddrives(one is full and is fat32) and the other harddrive has NTFS filesystem. I would like to run both Windows XP Professional and Mandrake 2006 on the same harddrive(NTFS filesystem 120 gb). Do i even need to partition the C:\(ntfs-120 gb)? So far, ive downloaded the ISO images(all three) for Mandriva 2006. I burned them to a disk(as image) and currently have them sitting on my desk. I would really like to install Linux soon on there except the only thing holding me back is the partitioning. Can someone please help? thanks in advance