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Sean <rsh.lists <at> comcast.net> writes: |
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> I have a laptop I want to setup to boot either Gentoo or Windows. |
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> Looking around I am trying to find recommendations as to which is better |
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> to install first, Gentoo or Windows. From what I found, either often |
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> gets a recommendation. |
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> Would anyone recommend which is the best method for setup, start with |
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> Gentoo or Windows? |
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Here's what works, flawlessly for me: |
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A: use the Gentoo live CD to boot up the laptop |
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1. check/note the hardware |
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lshw, lspci are great for this. Make sure drivers |
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exist for your video and ethernet hardware. |
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B: Decide to proceed: |
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1. If windoz is not already installed, install it. |
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2. Use Partion Magic to reduce the partion size of the |
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windows install and put the remainder into a second partion. |
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Installing partion magic under windoze is a great idea for |
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later resizing of the windoz partition(s). |
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3. Install Gentoo. During your setup, you'll access the drive |
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not touching the first partion, and use a scheme like this: |
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a. Follow the gentoo installation guide |
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b. use the minimal partions as suggested in the guide |
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1. for example one fstab possibility: |
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/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 |
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/dev/fd0 |
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proc |
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/dev/hda2 /boot reiserfs noatime,notail 1 2 |
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/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
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/dev/hda4 / reiserfs notail 0 0 |
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Your only allowed 3 primarys so I make the / dir an extended. |
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Once you install gentoo (follow the guide) on the second and |
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fourth partition, you'll need to config grub.conf for dual boot |
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per the instructions. It takes some time, but well worth the effort. |
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> I also want to setup a common partition for data storage which both can |
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> access. Again, can anyone recommend a setup? |
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I'm not up on how stable the writing to NTFS is from the linux side, |
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but you'd add another (fifth partion) and use VFAT. Mount it from |
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both windows (using partion magic) and Linux and you can move file |
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between the OSes or share music and such...... |
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Hth, |
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James |
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