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RenatoBerana

2004-01-19, 9:34 am

which should I install first if i want to dual boot WinXP and Linux, and which boot loader should I use?
bsdboy

2004-01-19, 11:56 am

install Windows XP first, but leave a good bit of space on your drive for linux. then install linux. you will be able to use lilo or grub as the bootloader. they come with most linux distros.
RenatoBerana

2004-01-20, 12:28 am

i successfully installed WinXP on my new machine, i leave 20 GB unallocated partition for linux but when i tried to install linux it cannot detect the IDE controller of my machine, my machine is 2.60Ghz with Intel 865 chipset. what went wrong?
Boulware5

2004-01-20, 1:43 am

quote:
Originally posted by RenatoBerana
i successfully installed WinXP on my new machine, i leave 20 GB unallocated partition for linux but when i tried to install linux it cannot detect the IDE controller of my machine, my machine is 2.60Ghz with Intel 865 chipset. what went wrong?


Is this an onboard IDE controller or a PCI adapter like a promise?
RenatoBerana

2004-01-20, 5:45 am

it's integrated on the motherboard, after booting from linux cdrom i read some lines saying controller not found.
rufusss

2004-01-22, 8:51 am

Are you installing the newset version of rehat? or another dist?
bsdboy

2004-01-22, 9:54 am

pass parameter to kernel telling it where to find the controller
RenatoBerana

2004-01-24, 5:52 am

Im trying to install redhat 8.0, but when i tried to install redhat 9.0 everything goes fine. thanks alot again bsdboy...
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