Install Knoppix & WinXP on the same HD

**bob58** · 02-09-2005, 07:00 PM

Yes I did read alot about the order.....luckily for me, I had Winxp already installed on a separate hard drive when I decided to install KNOPPIX on a 2nd drive last year. Thats my desktop computer......but I decided to re do my laptop with a bigger hard drive and dual boot. I have been swapping out hard drives when I want to use Knoppix and Winxp.....This way, I will have the 2 OS's on the same drive. Actually it's a SMART idea for people to have a dual boot.....when they get frustrated with Windows, just re boot into the other OS!!!!

**Cuddles** · 02-09-2005, 07:11 PM

I usually go with the "two drive" method... ( and I've got the fstab entry for "win98" not auto-mounted )

I've got one "pesky" CD Label program, from Avery, that refuses to run, without Windows, so, I booted to Win98 ( simply change the hard drive BIOS boot order ), installed the program, on its "native" Win98 disk, and have never booted Windows again... I just use WINE, and mount the drive...

Even though I dont want to boot the Win98 install, every install, of Knoppix, and now, Kanotix, has still added an entry in either LILO or, now, GRUB... ( Like I want to ever boot Windows ?

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But, it does show, contempt, that "Windows" refuses to acknowledge using another OS, whereas, Linux, appears to "expect" and "configure" for it, or at least "tolerate" the idea...

Oh well, can we "chalk up another point" to the Linux side, and remove one for Windows?

HEY

Mr. Gates

Can we, possibly, learn from our mistakes

( naaaaaaaaaa

)

**pureone** · 02-09-2005, 07:23 PM

why dont you just delete windows? thats what im goner do it takes up too much space and is greedy it takes 27.5 gb of a 40gb hd and it cant even see linux on my hd. i dont like to run anything in wine it normaly doesnt work and there is normaly a alternative with in the open source world (even lemmnings

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**Cuddles** · 02-09-2005, 07:27 PM

YIKES! 27.5 GB ? that has to be WinXP, cause with my Win98, it resides on a nice little 2 GB partition, thats with DirectX 8.1, sound, and NVidia driver installs...

Sheesh, 27.5 GB - can we say ... "bloated" ?

EDIT:
27.5 GB - not sure, dont know XP, but, does that include Office, Development ( like VB, VJ, or VC++ ), software? Or is that "vanilla" XP ?
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**pureone** · 02-09-2005, 07:31 PM

yes it takes way too much space thats why im goner get rid of it! it doesnt use all that 27gb it just laid a claim to it and uses 7gb of it. if it had the chance it would overwrite linux

its xp pro with msvc++ some other large programs (dream weaver etc) and alot of media data and a few linux distro reside on there
xp pro by default uses like 3 gb or something like that but lays claim to the entire hard drive. i could resize it to about 27gb so i had enough room for kanotix but im running out of room so windows will go

**Cuddles** · 02-09-2005, 07:45 PM

I never went past Win98... I dont "jump on the bandwagon", every time M$ sells another OS... I "had" considered WinNT, for its security, back when it was at "workstation v4", but, never got around to spending the money to get it... With all the "hell" going on with NTFS, I'm glad I never opt'ed to going to NT in the first place [smilly]

I think, to be completely honest, and not to say, "support" M$, but, Win98 installed, completely "vanilla", without even setting up any hardware, around 800 MB, which is a nice "foot-print" to only use for WINE to "get its modules" from... I guess, to be the hater of M$, as I have come to be, I should "picket" Avery, and demand they make there label program "compliant" in Linux [weg]