[rhn-users] Install Windows 2003 server on top of Linux ES for dual boot.

[Stephen Kirkpatrick]

You may want to look at this how-to.
    http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+NT-Loader.html
It is quite out of date, but I did this a few years ago with my dual 
boot XP & RHL 7.3 system (using grub).  This method will use Window's 
boot loader.  I have forgotten the finer details, but recall this being 
a royal pain to do.

SK

Corné Beerse wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:55:16 +0800, cheekin <cheekin at chronos.com.my> wrote:
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>>Hi there, 
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>>Is there anyone can tell me the best way to install a windows 2003 server on
>>an existing Linux Enterprise ES? My 
>>system consists of only one hard-disk with 45 GB free space. 
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>>I understand that for dual-boot windows and linux, the easy way out is to
>>install windows first and linux next. But if i need to install windows on a
>>pre-install linux, what will be my alternative? The windows 2003
>>installation CD keep refuse to install because it complain cannot found a
>>windows partition although i try to install it on  my free space. My linux
>>is made up of a few partition for /tmp, /home, /usr, /var etc. Do i need to
>>delete these partition to make way for windows, but i don't want to lost my
>>existing linux either. 
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>afaik, M$Windows can only be installed as second OS if the already
>available os is also M$Windows (which can be an other version or an
>other variant). That's because it only knows FAT and NTFS filesystems
>and it just hooks itself into the boot-sequence of the other OS (but
>not in the boot-sector!).
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>You can use the next ways to install M$Windwos:
>- Start from scratch: first install M$Windows, then install Linux.
>- Add an other disk on which you install M$Windows.
>- edit the partition-table such that the first partition is free and
>available for M$Windows. Be sure also to update the boot-settings
>(grub or lilo). THen, expect M$Windows install will overwrite the
>bootsector, hence be prepared for a hard way to boot into linux the
>first time after M$Windwos install.
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>My advice: to be save and easy: backup your data from linux, then
>install M$Windows, then re-install linux.
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>An alternative is to use stuff like VMWare: just create a new, virtual
>machine and install the other OS in there. THen you can run it side by
>side.
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>CBee
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