[CLUE-Tech] Help Dual-Boot my Notebook?

[Cyberclops]

I'm proud to say I use Libranet (Debian) Linux exclusively.  If it doesn't work
with Linux, I don't need it.

Matthew Porter wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  I guess things would be similar on a notebook
> with WinME?
>
> A couple of things that make me nervous are that I don't have full-
> fledged OS disks - just the "restore CD" from Compaq -- and the
> notebook also has some kind of funky "D" drive partition called
> "system save" (which seems to be used for hibernation mode, and
> who knows what else).
>
> It would be nice to just blow away the Windows install and load 'er
> up with Debian, but we've all heard this song before: I need
> Windows access for work, compatibility with clients, etcetera and
> so forth...
>
>  --Matt.
>
>  On 13 Sep 2001, at 9:26, Brandon Harper wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if this will be of much help or not, as its been awhile since
> > I've done it (~2 years).
> >
> > I wanted to dual-boot on my main workstation between Win2K Beta and
> > Mandrake.  I used a Linux utility to actually move the partitions around,
> > creating a small partition at the beginning of the disk to install Grub for
> > multi-booting.  For the life of me, I don't remember what it was, but I'm
> > pretty sure you can use DiskDrake to do this as well.  Once I moved the
> > partition and had Mandrake installed, I ran the Win2K Recovery CD to fix
> > Win2K so it wouldn't whine at me anymore, and it worked after that.
> >
> > And yes, I really did use Mandrake.  :P
> >
> > Anyhow, I'd export all of your registry keys, and copy C:\WINNT and
> > C:\Documents And Settings somewhere before attempting to resize, as you'll
> > probably need to run the Recovery Process (which can be done via booting off
> > of the Win2K CD) once you've resized the partition, as Win2K will whine
> > about the MBR, etc.
> >
> > I hope that's of some help.
> >
> > - Brandon
> >
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