Linux Help me

Ok I have partition magic 8 and I want to dual boot my system so I can have red hat on the system too,

Am I right in saying that I need a fat partition for the linux o/s?

Im running xp and am wondering how this all works to be honest!
can anyone explain?

Thanks

 

no, you just need what it calls a Linux Partition, and a linux swap partititon

you dont need FAT for linux, however if your doing redhat there is a partitioner in the installer i beliv, so you may as well use that

 

One more q, what about the versions, should I get red hat 8 or not? Is 7.3 ok to use?

 

i use 7.3 dunno about 8.0 but 7.3 is alright, just got an outdated KDE and bits n bobs on it but i tihnk there easy enough to update (if you have your internet working, grrrrrr)

hope this helps!

 

Im maybe thinking Madrake 9.0 as I have the download edition on DVD, do u know if this will partition your hdd for u as red hat does?

Il also have to set my bios to boot from it, !

 

pah, setting your bios is piddly compared to installing linux

the mandrake installer will partition it oo, thoughi found mandrake less user friendly!

 

So does this mean if I install madrake and the disk is partitoned, next time I switch on I will have the choice to choose from xp or mandrake linux?

or will one load by default?

 

you "should" have the choice

 

I tried the exact same thing as you PublicNME with Mandrake 9 the installer for some reason wouldn't let me create a partition saying there wasn't enough space (I had 55gb free).

 

I may be wrong but from what I've read by free space it means unpartitioned space.... not free space on an NTFS (or FAT) partition