Here is the process I do it in: #1: Install WinXP normally. #2: Use a special liveCD http://www.sysresccd.org/ to shrink the NTFS partition. #3: Use the same liveCD to format the empty space created from #2 with ext3. #4: Install CentOS telling it to remove all linux partitions (it will only touch the ext3 created in #3). On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 11:39 +0200, Olaf Greve wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >