[wplug] Dual Boot Inspiron Laptop Help !

[Richard Farina]

At 10:18 AM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 06:32:03 -0800 (PST)
>Ray Cefola <rcefola at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Just got a Dell Inspiron 4000
> > laptop 10GB HD running Windows ME.
> > Any advice how to add Mandrake
> > to create a dual-boot system?
> > Thanks a lot.
>
>NOTE: I have never used Mandrake so the options here may differ:
>
>Use a partioning tool, Partition Magic comes to mind, to shrink the
>Windows partition down to about 5 GB.
>
>Boot Mandrake CD.
>
>Install WITHOUT blowing away the Windows partition.
>
>I'm out of the loop on the current boot loader, but last I checked,
>it was Lilo and you can manually (or in the install?) set it to
>give you a booting option when starting your machine.
Just so that you know, AFAIK, GRUB is the superior boot loader for linux, 
I've had much luck.

-Rick Farina



>See the Linux Documentation Projects dual booting HowTo for more
>information; it may have a list of partition editing tools for
>you to use, perhaps a free one.
>
>Good luck!
>
>--
>Tom Rhodes
>_______________________________________________
>wplug mailing list
>wplug at wplug.org
>http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug