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Alright, that's what I wanted to hear!

I want to thank all you guys for all the help! You've all been kick ***!

I'll probably be back soon enough with a ton more Linux questions, so be ready!

Thanks!

Moose

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Okay, my friend doesn't know how to burn the ISO images. He has them all downloaded, but he doesn't know what to do now.

So how does he burn them on the discs?

Moose

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Okay, my friend doesn't know how to burn the ISO images. He has them all downloaded, but he doesn't know what to do now.

So how does he burn them on the discs?

Moose

Use a burning program such as Nero, there are TONS out there, but Nero is the first one that comes to my mind :p.

Using Nero Express, choose "Disc Image or Saved Project", where it says file of type, change it from "All Nero Compilations and Images" to "Image Files (*.nrg, *.iso, *.cue)" or to "All Files". Choose the file and the rest he should be able to do fine :).

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Daem0hn, you never install linux first. Windows likes to take over the system and write to the mbr and such.

1. Start Installation of Windows XP

2. When it gets to the part where they ask you about the partitions, create an ntfs parition as big as you like. Also create a fat32 partition if you plan on transfering files from linux to window and vice-versa. Finally make sure there is an empty paritition that isn't formated and that willl be where linux is installed

3. Fiinish Windows XP install

4. Start Installation of Linux.

5. When you get to the part where they ask you about the partition, fedora and mandrake ask you if you want to use the empty paritions or previous linux parititions as the place to install. Choose this option

6.  Later in the install it will ask you which boot loader you want. Select grub or lilo and tell it to install it on the mbr

7. Make sure you make a rescue floppy if anything goes wrong

8. Finish installation of linux.

Okay, I have a question about Step 2. I thought I was supposed to create a fat32 partition and NOT an NTFS partition? And how big does the fat32 partition need to be if I need it to share files between Windows and Linux?

And if somebody wants to, can you explain what exactly the difference is between FAT32 and NTFS partitioning?

Thanks!

Moose

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Okay, I have a question about Step 2. I thought I was supposed to create a fat32 partition and NOT an NTFS partition? And how big does the fat32 partition need to be if I need it to share files between Windows and Linux?

And if somebody wants to, can you explain what exactly the difference is between FAT32 and NTFS partitioning?

Thanks!

Moose

You can make your Windows partition whatever you want, NTFS is just better. The fat32 sharing partition size depends on how much you need to share. Could be as small as 1GB, but more likely 5GB or so. Could be even larger, you just need to examine how much you share and what filesizes you share.

NTFS vs FAT32: http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63

Basically NTFS supports filesizes over 4GB and doesn't fragment as often.

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You'll also want to mount the FAT32 drive when linux starts. There are plenty of tutorials out there on how to mount a partition on boot.

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