Installing Winders After linux

[Doogee]

hey all, i left 2 gig of space left unpartitioned on my HDD and ive decided i want windows in there cos i need it for some shit.
Please do not ask why i need it as its irrelavant.

So how do i go about doing this? im using grub as the boot loader. Ask me for more info if you need it.

[xyle_one]

if you install windows after linux (or whatever os), windows overwrites the MBR w/ntldr. You are going to have to repair the MBR.

 

quote: Perhaps an easier way is to install Windows normally (without creating a new /boot partition, etc.). After that, boot using the installation cds for Linux (if you have them) and choose rescue mode (this option is presented when first booting from cd). Rescue mode allows you to rerun the LILO configuration and modify the MBR after being hijacked by Windows. Alternative to that - but still similar - you can boot from your boot floppy in to Linux after the install of Windows. From within Linux you can, again, rerun the LILO configuration.
 
 

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i am assuming that this would work for grub as well. I really dont know  

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Xyle: iGeek... ]

[Calum]

quote:Originally posted by -=-=-Doogee-=-=-:
ive decided i want windows in there cos i need it for some shit.
Please do not ask why i need it as its irrelavant.

why do you need windows on there?

[Doogee]

quote:Originally posted by -=-=-Doogee-=-=-:
i need it for some shit.

[Calum]

touche.  

[Master of Reality]

you just need to make a linux boot disk, then after installing windows use the boot disk to boot into linux then do "grub-install /dev/hda"

[SAJChurchey]

Don't forget to edit the grub.conf file in /boot/grub so that you can boot windows, if you need it that badly.  Be sure to preserver the white space:

title Windoze98
     rootnoverify(hd0,0)
      //(hd0,0) is /dev/hda1  change as needed
     chainloader +1

That should work.

[Doogee]

ok well im about to install it. Ive decided i want about 5 gigs. (im using it for emulation and shit, unfortunately only for windows)
So how do i do it ive got 2 gigs of free space and before that errmm ill try and draw it

<-boot ~80 meg-><--root partition---~17gig-><-swap-1gig><free space ~2gig>


i want at the end of the drive about 5 gigs FAT32 for the winders thing.

i kinda need a step by step guide of the easiest way to do it please or something

[TheQuirk]

Remove the swap partion, resize root partion using "ext2resize" to 14GB, recreate the swap partion, use left-over space for your windows partion. I'll write something more detailed tomorrow--right now, I just have enough energy to type this last sentence.

[Doogee]

ok

[panic8]

Doogee I wouldn't recommend installing windows (no capital) after Linux if its 2000 or Xp.  The aforementioned will, in my experience (well, I've only tried it with Xp but I've read its the same with 2000) f*ck around with your Linux partition, more so if its ext3.  Not just the bootloader, it will corrupt the partition and it is very hard to recover the partition and its data.  If its 9x/me fire ahead with your installation, it'll just overwrite the boot sector to load windows only; so make a bootdisk and install LILO/Grub.  

Either way be very careful about partitioning.  Do not under any circumstance use DOS FDISK, parted or GNU's fdisk is probably the best option.  

BTW, I know what its like, you do or will need that windows installation for something.  For me I need it for those devices inaccessible in Linux because of the manufacturers won't release drivers (on my system, that's just a scanner)... so I won't nag you about installing windows.

[Doogee]

ok well thanks for the suggestions, i will be installing 98se.

Which programme should i use to kill the swap partition and resize the ext3 partition?

[ January 20, 2003: Message edited by: -=-=-Doogee-=-=- ]

[Doogee]

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also how can i do this im going to delete a swap partition and resize an ext3 partition live? i dont think that is possible
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[ January 21, 2003: Message edited by: -=-=-Doogee-=-=- ]