From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fed1rmmtai19.cox.net ([68.230.241.40]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DJYbS-0005NU-00 for ; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:07:30 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([68.98.98.68]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050407142134.MKBF13819.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@lnx2.holmesgrown.com> for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:21:34 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1DJXsx-0006V9-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:21:31 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 1DJXt4-0000Pt-6q for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:21:38 -0700 Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 07:21:38 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20050407142136.GC1412@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20050406165019.GC1981@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <000901c53acb$bcbea530$220110ac@jim> <20050406175839.GA2095@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <87psx7mc75.fsf@starlight.net> <002e01c53b2d$d6cd6800$6401a8c0@geekspeak> <20050407045737.GA6541@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050407045737.GA6541@luke-laptop.yelavich.home> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: "Steve Holmes,,," Subject: Re: misc linux questions -- was: Re: A easier way to create cd's using easy cd creator X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:07:31 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 You said you were told that you couldn't have two different file systems on the same hard drive? Not true! I've done this for many years. My current machine has the following layout. Note that /hda is my primary IDE drive and /hdb is my second drive. The numbered lists below will be the partitions on each. /hda: 1. NTFS for my Win2000 environment. /hda: 2. FAT32 can be shared between Win2K and Linux /hda: 3. ext3 for my primary Linux partition /hda: 4. Linux Swap /hdb: a 20 gig hard drive with two ext3 partitions. the first partition is a small region I use for booting as lilo doesn't seem to create a bootable image if I use /hda3. Strange situation but it works. Bottom line here: You *CAN* have both linux and windows on the same hard disk and they can be dual booted. One thing I would suspect however, windows might have to be on the first partition on the drive to work but linux doesn't care as much. HTH - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCVUHwWSjv55S0LfERAxa7AKCmmcuK6Ii4BD3qLjkDzuMLOJ+JIQCaAmVp RDiKrDyqjqFia6TKZYPRno8= =J/dv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----