Dual installation solved
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:24 pm
My desktop is getting old and I want to get a new one, probably a P-4 with a gig of ram and 250G hard drive.
I use Mint Cassandra 3.0 now and it's the only thing I have installed. I want to continue to use it 90% of the time , but there are a couple of things that I need Windows for and I would like to ask the experts, what is the simplest and best way to install Mint on the new machine while leaving Vista intact . I say simplest because I have not been able to dual install two Linux distros in the past and get the boot logger to offer me a choice at startup. Do I need to use partition magic or will Parted Magic 1.8 work when only Vista is on the new machine ? or do I need any outside partitioner at all.
As usual any help is appreciated.
Thanks
I use Mint Cassandra 3.0 now and it's the only thing I have installed. I want to continue to use it 90% of the time , but there are a couple of things that I need Windows for and I would like to ask the experts, what is the simplest and best way to install Mint on the new machine while leaving Vista intact . I say simplest because I have not been able to dual install two Linux distros in the past and get the boot logger to offer me a choice at startup. Do I need to use partition magic or will Parted Magic 1.8 work when only Vista is on the new machine ? or do I need any outside partitioner at all.
As usual any help is appreciated.
Thanks