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Re: Using Linux?
I just got a new laptop with Windoze XP Pro pre-installed. I installed Mandrake 9.2 as a dual boot.
At the partitioning step, I chose the "use free space on windoze partition" option, selected the new size of the windoze partition, and let 'er rip. At the final step, where you can review your installed services, etc. I went into the boot-loader options and selected the windoze option as the primary boot option. You might have to hunt around to find this option. Otherwise the linux will boot first.
If you don't find this option and you boot into linux, you can edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and select another boot option. If you're not expert enough to know what I'm talking about here, you might want to cleanly install linux and fool around before going for the dual boot.
Inside linux there's a "dual boot howto" which explains all this better.
In any event, my Windoze XP and my Mandrake 9.2 linux are co-existing peacefully on the same machine now.
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