Creating another partition for Linux use?

Unconditional · 23 Mar 2006 at 16:58

I have a HDD that has a Windows partition on it, with 17GB left on it. How can I reduce some of the free space and then use the unused space to install another OS (Linux) on?

Thanks

Mikey1280 · 23 Mar 2006 at 20:14

You will need to partition the drive using a tool such as partition magic or Gparted. Ideally you should run Windows and Linux on different hard drives. BACKUP DATA BEFORE PARTITIONING.

Unconditional · 23 Mar 2006 at 20:39

Mikey1280 said:
You will need to partition the drive using a tool such as partition magic or Gparted. Ideally you should run Windows and Linux on different hard drives. BACKUP DATA BEFORE PARTITIONING.

Thanks for the reply.

Why is it essential that Linux and Windows are on different HDDs?

Surely that means that if one of the HDDs was damaged, or had to be removed for some reason, it means you are going to run into errors with GRUB(or whatever boot laoder is being used) and then reformat the remaing drive to start again?

Mikey1280 · 23 Mar 2006 at 22:02

In my experiences with linux it has been easier to run Windows on one HD and Linux on another. GRUB can boot straight into windows even if its on a different disk.