[ale] Installing Linux on Compaq

[Matt Kubilus]

Okay I'm still tired.  Just noticed you specifically said you have a
new drive waiting for linux.  This should be fine since you are
talking about seperate disks.

-Matt

On 4/8/07, Matt Kubilus <mattkubilus at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's a good idea to backup the boot-sector just in case before
> installing linux on a box with an existing Windows partition.  Cheap
> insurance.  Windows is a bit funny  when it comes to discovering the
> disk geometry (cylinders,heads,sectors,tracks) information.  Linux
> gets this information soley from the disk-drive itself.  Windows uses
> a combination of disk-drive and bios.  So using linux to slice up your
> disk may lead to incorrect values:
>
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-May/msg02114.html
>
> I imagine you could have windows installer screw you linux disk up
> under the same false assumptions.
>
> -Matt
>
> On 4/7/07, Jim Sculley <niceguyj at comcast.net> wrote:
> > zeb wrote:
> > > I have a Compaq sr1650nx on which I wish to install Linux.  The Compaq comes
> > > with WinXP installed on C:/ (hda1) and a "recovery partition" on D:/ (hda2).
> > > I have a new drive that is not yet physically installed.  I want to add Linux
> > > to this box without messing it up.  Any suggestions will be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> >
> > Mandriva will allow you to resize your existing Windows partition, use
> > the other partition, or use the other drive.  I just did the 'resize
> > Windows partition' method on my laptop and it installed without a hitch.
> > > Thanks, Zeb
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