Re: Ok. New laptop. TPM. XP. Want dual boot. What do I do first?
- From: Chris F Clark <cfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 14 Sep 2006 11:59:40 -0400
I don't know what TPM is, but I do a reasonable number of multi-boot
installs on laptops for myself, one about every 3-6mos.
1) Install XP first. Always. It makes XP happy that way.
2) XP probably wants to be installed on an NTFS partition. If so,
don't try to move it to a FAT32 partition. XP uses attributes of
NTFS that aren't present on FAT32 when installed on NTFS.
Attempting to move XP from NTFS to FAT32 will prompt you with all
kinds of ugly warnings about attributes getting lost--I wouldn't
trust a system after that happened to it. If you want XP installed
on FAT32, then install it initially on FAT32. That maybe a slightly
harder proposition depending on how your particular XP installer
works. Some have the option of creating and installing on a FAT32
partition. Others, may not, especially if it is one of those
"system recovery" type installations designed to get your machine
back to some factory pre-configured state.
3) Once you have XP installed, you should then shrink the partition to
make space for your other OSes. I like Partition Magic for that, but
I believe it can also be done from either QTParted or GParted. You
can run those from Linux liveCDs. (Note, if the resize fails, you
may be left with a totally hosed OS, so be prepared to start over.)
You can create any other partitions you want at this point,
e.g. an extended partition with fat32 partitions for data sharing.
4) If you want an old Win style OS on your system install that next
and install it at the bottom of the drive. I keep a copy of Win98
that's been hacked to do command mode only with a text copy of
Partition Magic and system Commander (a multi-boot program I like),
as the "first" partition of the drive, for absolute panic recovery.
It fits in 100MB on a fat16 partition.
5) Now, that you have all the Microsoft OSes installed, you can
install Linux. I like to put Linux in the extended partition
(because I actually keep two copies of XP in primary partitions one
for home use and one for work, so that any software the is licensed
to my employer doesn't get mingled with stuff I bought). XP seems
to fit pretty nicely in about 15GB. (So I end up with, with
essentially 2 15GB XP installations, a 15GB Linux installation, and
15GB of shared FAT32 partition, on a 60GB drive.)
When you install Linux it should offer you the option of placing
grub not in the MBR, but in the "boot area" of a partition. I like
to make a /boot partition as the first partition of the extended
partition, and put grub there. I do that because I boot to grub
from System Commander. However, since you probably want grub as
your primary boot loader, you should be able to install it in the
mbr. Check with the grub web sites for details of doing that,
since you may need to save the NTLDR boot sectors that are in the
MBR at the time you install grub.
This is roughly what I do everytime I replace one of my laptops. It
works for me, your mileage may vary. Note that the wise person takes
backups between the different stages of this process, because the
steps aren't 2-3 minutes, and it's nice not to have to backtrack too
far if you klutz something.
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