about partitioning

[ato]

hi there

i have a 65 gb hard disk

61 gb is free

i am on fedora 7

i want to make 2 more partitions

one for windows
one for other data

how do i do it?
how do i save my MBR when i install windows on top of linux?

previously i installed windows on top of suse
suse was disabled , but running the live cd and repairing di the job
and suse was recovered

how was that possible?

please explain

thanks

[RobinVossen]

If you want to Copy a MBR you should dd the first x Bytes (I thought 128Bytes) of the HD..

Hope that helped you

[devils casper]

Windows OS install after Linux doesn't work in a few machines. Best way is, install Windows OS first. If you dont want to install from scratch, create new partition for Windows OS using PartedMagic LiveCD. Install Windows OS, re-install GRUB and add an entry of Windows OS in Boot Loader. There is no need to save MBR because its really easy to re-install GRUB after installing any other OS.

[netstrider]

Windows OS install after Linux doesn't work in a few machines. Best way is, install Windows OS first. If you dont want to install from scratch, create new partition for Windows OS using PartedMagic LiveCD. Install Windows OS, re-install GRUB and add an entry of Windows OS in Boot Loader. There is no need to save MBR because its really easy to re-install GRUB after installing any other OS.

Amen.

You can alternatively download a program called GParted or just "Parted" and use that for the partitioning, which is exactly the same application you'll find on the LiveCD, however the "Parted" version is a non-gui terminal version.

Send me a PM if you wish and we can exchange GTalk acc. and I can help you with it.