Hi,
I find myself in the lucky position to receive a new desktop machine tomorrow. :)
Now, for quite a while I've been wanting to make a switch to any Unix based system for my normal work environment (= Web development), but I will still need to test my work on Windows as well.
Now.... As tomorrow I will install a fresh new machine (with a 40GB HD), I'd like to do the following: -Install CentOS as primary OS on a 30GB partition. -Install W*nd*ws XP as secondary system on a 10GB partition. -Plug in my current secondary NTFS drive for storing additional W*nd*ws stuff.
What I'm uncertain about, is the proper way to do this, and the order in which to install both OSes.
Can anyone give me an answer to the following? -Which OS can best be installed first, CentOS or XP? -Are there special actions required to enable proper dual booting? -Which boot manager can be used best CentOS' one or XP's one? -Can CentOS read (and perhaps also write?) from the NTFS partitions? -Hypothetically: would installing VMWare and installing XP in that give me pretty much 100% XP compatibility for at the very least the various web browsers such as IE, and also for XP Office?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers, Olafo