krc1979 Posted September 6, 2006 CID Share Posted September 6, 2006 Hi everybody. I'm pretty new to the whole world of Linux. I installed a version of Redhat on an older computer but it's been 3 or 4 years. I'm wanting to install a newer version on one of my computers I have now more as just something to play around with. I have a spare 40 gig harddrive and was wondering if it's possible to install linux completely seperate on there without having to change anything on the main harddrive where i have WinXP installed. Any information on what version or distribution i should use or how I'd go about doing that. I don't need detailed directions on here, a link where i could learn more about it would be great. Thanks alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamaicarocks Posted September 6, 2006 CID Share Posted September 6, 2006 http://www.gudanglinux.or.id/data/install/index.html should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 6, 2006 CID Share Posted September 6, 2006 http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-15931 that is a good start.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krc1979 Posted September 7, 2006 Author CID Share Posted September 7, 2006 Thanks alot for those links guys I remember back when I had linux installed on an old computer i was running win98 and just partitioned the harddrive and installed linux on the same drive. Is it possible to install each OS on a different drive and how would that work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmybest2day Posted September 7, 2006 CID Share Posted September 7, 2006 Yeah, you can do same drive or separate drives. You just want to make sure you install Windows first, because it tends to make things easier when using GRUB Boot Loader and having it set things up correctly. Also, if during the installation you come across a page where you can perhaps do some expert settings and modify the boot loader settings before they're actually installed/applied, you'll want to have GRUB be installed on the boot sector of /dev/hda (primary master HDD), or /dev/sda (for first SATA/SCSI disk). You can put the boot loader on /hdb or /sdb, but you'll have to tell BIOS which disk to boot first to make it work correctly. I've got dual-boot set up on my dual Athlon MP server, the server that sits next to it, and all three of my laptops. All the laptops, of course, are a single HDD, but the two servers are multiple drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 7, 2006 CID Share Posted September 7, 2006 Welcome to the forum notmybest2day Nice avatar by the way, it is definately not boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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