[ltp] Dual Boot Linux Win2k on A21p

[Mike Johnson]

On a related note, a colleague used the Win2k "disk mangler"
to repartition his dual boot system yesterday and it totally
trashed his partition table!

You have been warned!

Mike.

On Thursday 15 February 2001 03:33, you wrote:
> I won't laugh, someone else showed disk manager to me.
>
> Start/Settings/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management is
> where to find it. I am not sure that it can shrink volumes but it can be
> used to create and delete all but C:\.
> I choose Redhat because it was there. I couldn't find any IBM documents
> that said Caldera was better supported for A21p than other variations.
> There is nothing unsafe about using fdisk, it is clean and allows a
> custom/fresh install of Win2k as well. It saved me having to buy Partition
> Magic for NTFS. After Win2k is loaded you can use either your favourite
> linux install to create the other partitions or the Win2k Disk manager to
> create a FAT filesystem (for access from both Win and Linux) before you
> install linux, then just use the defaults for your linux install.
>
> Regards,
> Brendan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> [mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of sylme
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2001 2:32 AM
> To: Linux-TP
> Subject: [ltp] Dual Boot Linux Win2k on A21p
>
>
> Thanks to all who answered.
>
> I have a few more questions :
> - This one is going to start a few laughs : I have no idea what the
> "Windows disk manager" is, or where to find it.
>
> - IBM preloads some of its recent models with Caldera 2.4. How come none of
> the people who answered my query used it ? One would think IBM chose the
> Caldera distrib because it's the best, right ?
>
> - I've been told Caldera uses a Mandrake-like install where a small utility
> allows for the repartitioning of the HDD "on the fly." From what I
> remember, it was some kind of limited Partition Magic. That sounds cool but
> I'm not sure this would work under 2k (the person who mentioned that to me
> uses Win98 and I know only PM 6.0 will work for 2k). If it does work,
> wouldn't it be much simpler and safer than using "Windows disk manager" or
> Fdisk ?
>
> Well, thanks again for any info/pointers.
>
> sylvestre
>

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