On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 10:34, Jim Perrin wrote: > On 5/3/06, Tony Schreiner <schreian at bc.edu> wrote: > > I have a functional CentOS system on which I need to install Windows > > for dual boot. I can make some space available on a high partition. > > Can WIndows be installed on partition 8 (starting with 1)? I have > > always done it on the first partition. > > Windows will do angry things to the boot sector of the drive if it is > installed last during dual boot setup, so you'll have to use the > recovery disk if you do this. Whether windows will be happy at the end > of the disk is somewhat hardware dependent. I honestly don't know if > that would work. You might instead (if you have the ram) use vmware > and load windows in linux to sidestep the problem entirely. Note that VMware server is now a free download. It is currently a beta version but seems fairly reliable and it is supposed to remain free after release. VMplayer should also work but can't create new virtual machines. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com