[CentOS] Dualboot CentOS and Windows

Frank Thommen frank.thommen at embl-heidelberg.de
Tue Sep 29 14:11:05 UTC 2009


>      >> 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


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