CentOS - Aug 2009 - Dual Booting Question

Hi List 

I'm new to centos i'm also on the forum but my question is how do i do a
dual boot say windows/centos

i no i have to partition the harddrive can i do this in centos..\

could someone help us out  

Mike
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When install the system,  please format the disk  and leave the free space to
the linux.
Intall the xp firstly,  then install the centos on the free space.
Use the grub to load these two system.


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Hi List 

I'm new to centos i'm also on the forum but my question is how do i do a
dual boot say windows/centos

i no i have to partition the harddrive can i do this in centos..\

could someone help us out  

Mike
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On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Michael
Wright<micktaywright at bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi List
>
> I'm new to centos i'm also on the forum but my question is how do i
do a
> dual boot say windows/centos
>
> i no i have to partition the harddrive can i do this in centos..\
>
> could someone help us out
>
> Mike
Hi Mike,

I don't know if you can repartition with CentOS as you install, or not
-- I don't think you can. I use Puppy Linux for this. One of its
included utilities is GParted, which is a lot like Partition Magic and
it lets you resize your Windows partition to make room for CentOS.

You also download a GParted Live CD, though the ISO is about the same
size as the Puppy Linux ISO and, with Puppy, you get a complete
desktop OS.

Puppy Linux is at: http://puppylinux.org/

GParted Live is at: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

There is also a PartedMagic Live CD -- but I think it's just a fancier
front-end.

Once you've got your new partition you might want to check out the Red
Hat dual booting page. I think it's pretty much up to date.

http://www.redhat.com/advice/tips/dualboot.html

Good luck. I've still got my laptop dual-booting, but for everything
else, when I want to run Windows (getting to be a rarity) I use a
virtual machine in VirtualBox.

-- 
RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3