> 2009/9/29 Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at 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. mark