LINUX.ORG has a lot of tips/gotcha's. > -----Original Message----- > From: KENT WALLACE [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:56 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: OT : dual boot LINUX and XP > > After 136$ for XP pro. and 200$ for new hardware to work with XP. My > AMD700 (hackers chip) is running XP(at the house). Everything is working. > > I now want to add(dual boot) several flavors of LINUX. I think I need to > do the following in the following order. > > 1. Clear the NTFS formatted one disk drive on the machine(30 gig). To > cheap to buy partition magic. > 2. Create a FAT32 partition for the LINUX, may be 6 gig. > 3. Create another FAT32 partition for the XP, maybe 8 gig, leave the rest > unpartitioned for future use. > 4. Add the LINUX to the 1st FAT32 partition > 5. Add the XP to the 2nd partition. > > Anyone have suggestions, before I hose this machine again. How do I get > LINUX drivers for my hardware. VIDEO card, Mouse and NIC card? > Or am I at the hardware vendors mercy? > > Thanks > Kent Wallace > Boise, Id > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *