Dual bootable instalation with windows 2000 server and Fedora 7!!!

[John]

Kam Leo wrote:
> On 7/4/07, Michael Klinosky <mpk2 at enter.net> wrote:
>> Matthew:
>> > Any recommendations on how to go about doing this. I have run endless
>> > searches on the net and nothing is coming up.
>>
>> I've been researching that project for one of my machines. I found 
>> these:
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Booting_Windows_on_second_HD_with_Grub 
>>
>>
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/How_to_Dual_boot_with_XP_2000_NT_and_install_linux_windows_whenever_You_want 
>>
>>
>> http://geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
>>
>> I rarely use Windows, so qemu and VMware probably wouldn't be practical
>> for me.
>>
>
> Here are my recommendations:
>
> 1. If the hard drive is over 128 GB install Windows 2000 with SP4 or
> else the partition tables can/will get all messed up.
>
> 2. Install Windows (any version) into a bootable primary partition
> before installing any other OS. Normally, this would be the first
> partition on the drive.
>
> 3. For NT/2000/XP/Vista use NTFS formatting for the OS partition.
>
> 4. Create (optional) FAT32 partition for data exchange.
>
> 5. Create an extended partition.
>
> 6. Install Fedora (any Linux) in the extended partition space.
>
I skipped #4 and 5; I bought a 60gb and split it 30gb each. Windows went 
on the 1st 'drive' and FC went on the other. I let FC worry about 
formatting its share of the drive.

               John