2009/9/29 Sorin Srbu sorin.srbu@orgfarm.uu.se
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of Frank Thommen Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:27 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dualboot CentOS and Windows
I have to install CentOS on a spare partition of a laptop with Windows pre installed. Is there anything I have to watch out for? Couldn't find anything in the wiki or does the installer handle this well without me doing some magic, or so?
The installer will handle this perfectly if you select the correct partition for your CentOS installation :-)
usually, you need at least two partitions: one for / and one for swap. best is to setup first a small /boot partition. i'm sure somewhere there are some docs about it :)
With that said, make sure you have a backup of the important stuff on the Windows-partitions.
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>> I have to install CentOS on a spare partition of a laptop with >> Windows pre installed. Is there anything I have to watch out for? >> Couldn't find anything in the wiki or does the installer handle this >> well without me doing some magic, or so? > >The installer will handle this perfectly if you select the correct >partition for your CentOS installation :-)usually, you need at least two partitions: one for / and one for swap. best is to setup first a small /boot partition. i'm sure somewhere there are some docs about it :)
You can do that from within the installer...or just let the installer create a "default layout".
frank
Frank Thommen frank.thommen@embl-heidelberg.de schrieb am 29.09.2009 16:11:05:
>> I have to install CentOS on a spare partition of a laptop with >> Windows pre installed. Is there anything I have to watch out
for?
>> Couldn't find anything in the wiki or does the installer
handle this
>> well without me doing some magic, or so? > >The installer will handle this perfectly if you select the
correct
>partition for your CentOS installation :-)usually, you need at least two partitions: one for / and one for swap.
best is to setup first a small /boot partition. i'm sure somewhere
there
are some docs about it :)
You can do that from within the installer...or just let the installer create a "default layout".
Actually I do know how to install CentOS, I just never had to do a multi boot setup ;-)
So if the installer regocnizes the Windows installation and will configure grub appropriately I have all I need to know, but thanks anyway.
Frank.
2009/9/29 Sorin Srbu sorin.srbu@orgfarm.uu.se
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of Frank Thommen Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:27 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dualboot CentOS and Windows
I have to install CentOS on a spare partition of a laptop with Windows pre installed. Is there anything I have to watch out for? Couldn't find anything in the wiki or does the installer handle this well without me doing some magic, or so?
The installer will handle this perfectly if you select the correct partition for your CentOS installation :-)
usually, you need at least two partitions: one for / and one for swap. best is to setup first a small /boot partition. i'm sure somewhere there
are
some docs about it :)
<snip> I *STRONGLY* urge you to make /home, and maybe /opt, separate partitions. That way, when you upgrade, and it *REALLY* wants to format /, you can.
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