Dual bootable instalation with windows 2000 server and Fedora 7!!!

[Kam Leo]

On 7/4/07, Michael Klinosky <mpk2 at enter.net> wrote:
> Matthew:
> > Any recommendations on how to go about doing this. I have run endless
> > searches on the net and nothing is coming up.
>
> I've been researching that project for one of my machines. I found these:
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Booting_Windows_on_second_HD_with_Grub
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/How_to_Dual_boot_with_XP_2000_NT_and_install_linux_windows_whenever_You_want
>
> http://geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
>
> I rarely use Windows, so qemu and VMware probably wouldn't be practical
> for me.
>

Here are my recommendations:

1. If the hard drive is over 128 GB install Windows 2000 with SP4 or
else the partition tables can/will get all messed up.

2. Install Windows (any version) into a bootable primary partition
before installing any other OS. Normally, this would be the first
partition on the drive.

3. For NT/2000/XP/Vista use NTFS formatting for the OS partition.

4. Create (optional) FAT32 partition for data exchange.

5. Create an extended partition.

6. Install Fedora (any Linux) in the extended partition space.