What is the possibility of installing a seconf Hard Drive and installing Linux there? Just a thought... Thanks, Jeff McCright jeff.mccright@southernunionco.com ---------- From: kclug@kclug.org To: kclug@kclug.org Cc: jeff.mccright@southernunionco.com Subject: RE: kclug - Win2000 If you're getting a Windows 2000 Professional box at work, then it will most likely have NTFS installed on it. The real problem is the security descriptors that are built into the file system. If the RedHat partitioning utilities support NTFS 5.0 then there will be no problem with Windows 2000 being able to read the partion. However, this may render your system as unbootable. Your best bet, if you have any control is either to use the FAT32 file system (for Windows 2000) or to set aside the necessary space for the creation of EXT2, and Linux Swap partitions. I personally have not setup a dual boot of Linux and Windows 2000. My Win2000 box is a client machine, and I use Linux on my server and my laptop :). Unfortunately, this may leave you as being the one to experiment through trial and error. Rick Meeker -----Original Message----- From: owner-kclug@illiana.net [mailto:owner-kclug@illiana.net]On Behalf Of Gene Dascher Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:30 PM To: Kclug Subject: kclug - Win2000 Has anyone out there experimented with a dual boot of Win2000 and Linux? I am going to be getting a Win2000 box at work and want to put Linux on it as well. Will the RedHat partitioning utilities allow you to break up a single Win2000 drive so you can install Linux? Thanks, Gene Dascher Systems Developer Multi Service Corp. (913) 663-9415 gedascher@multiservice.com