Does Linux eat windows?

[eRaDicaTor]

I heard that having linux and windows on the same hard drive or even the same machine is a bad thing. I want to install linux on a small(25g) partition of one of my hard drives. Any opinions? Or is my friend just full of hay?

nope i run three machine with dual boots

win2k/mandrake

winxp/mandrake

win2k/redhat

just make seperate partitions and you should be good to go

[MitaDC]

My friend runs windows and linux on the same comp and no problems

[vass0922]

As mentioned above its fine to run both on the same HD...

With that being said... it CAN eat windows if you mess up the install!!!
However I can pretty much guarantee it will be a USER error if that does happen so READ UP before installing!

[eRaDicaTor]

I've never done it before so what is involved in the install? Just boot with the disk, right? If there's more, what is it and where do I find info? Thanks.

[tedroddy666]

i am runnig XP pro and SuSe on the same harddrive. its fine.

but hey, its fine with me if it eats windows, i only use windows to play games ... heehee

installation is very easy. just make sure you have HDA1 be your fat32 or ntfs partition, then have linux be the HDA2 partition. if you have 1gig of ram, you dont need a swap partition, but if not, level about a gig for the swap partition

PM me if you need help

[tedroddy666]

by the way, there are two versions of linux that i know of, where you can just put the CD in and it'l boot to linux without installing anything.

knoppix (703 megs)

BBC (about 40 megs, yes 40 megs, it'll fit on a credit card size CD)

PM me if you want the links

[DanGrease]

Hey
I run both Linux Mandrake 9.1 and Windows 2K Professional in the same computer, no problems. It was pretty tricky to install them first, but after that no biggie. I personally like both Windows and Linux, both have their advantages and disadvantages so I use both. Although Linux is interesting, and probably my favorite. Oh, and I use them on two separate hard drives, Windows in my primary, Linux in the seconadary. Nevery tried on the same hard drive though, Im sure its the same thing, I have heard many people with no problems on same HD. Hope this helps.

dan

[SeanC]

I've had Linux on the same computer as well. I've had Mandrake and Redhat dual booting with Windows 2000 and XP. All at different times. I'm not quad-booting.

Sean

[ChrisK2972]

If you wanna try Linux before you commit to an install, try Knoppix or Morphix or any of the live versions out there. Some are really small downloads, like Slacks live version or Vector Live(small comparitively, that is)

Also, there are several Linux versions that run on top of your Windows install and you would not even have to enable a seperate partition. Most only support Fat/Fat 32 partitions, but, there is one call Topologilinux that you can use in both Fat 32 and NTSF partitions. It creates a directory (/linux) where you decide to install it and when you want to get rid of it you simply delete the whole directory. Also, it is Slackware based and 100% compatible which means you can play around with Slack based software. I tried it and it worked flawlessly for me. And, it adds quite a bit more functionality than the Live CD versions.

Here is a link to the homepage if you are interested:

http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/index.php

ChrisK