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[LuckyTaxi]

It's been almost 3 years since I've played with Linux and I want to get back into it, more specifically, CentOS. I have only one desktop at the moment running Windows XP. It has a 120GB hard drive with the first 100GB geared towards windows. Would do I go about dual botting centos on the remaining 20GB?

If i remember correctly, would i need to put it within the first 1024 cyclinder?! If things go wrong, how can I restore the MBR? Boot with a win xp cd and run fdisk /mbr?

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Your operating system's installer should take care of most everything. All you need to worry about is what kind of filesystem(s) do you want to make and how they should be mounted (and maybe where you want to install grub, but it doesn't really matter)..

If things go wrong, you could use the recovery console from the Windows install cd and run 'fixmbr'.

 

[Nothinman]

You don't need to put it within the first 1024 cylinders unless your BIOS is extremely old and has that requirement.

Also remember that CentOS isn't a desktop targetted system, it's just a rebuild of RHEL so it probably won't be that fun to use for day to day stuff. Of course it's Linux so it's possible, but it won't be as fun or easy as Ubuntu or even FC.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Might I suggest installing your bootloader to a floppy?

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
You don't need to put it within the first 1024 cylinders unless your BIOS is extremely old and has that requirement.

Also remember that CentOS isn't a desktop targetted system, it's just a rebuild of RHEL so it probably won't be that fun to use for day to day stuff. Of course it's Linux so it's possible, but it won't be as fun or easy as Ubuntu or even FC.

No problem, I wanted to get a feel for the server edition NOT the desktop. I've been using freebsd for over 3 years now and I'm looking at RHEL (well, CentOS) to see if I have a need for it in my current job. However, why fix what isn't broken? Oh well, I can play with it a little.

 

[Nothinman]

We're finally moving our IDS boxes from FreeBSD to RHEL4, IMO the fact that they're FreeBSD means they're broken. =)

I really don't like working with RH but it's what everyone supports and it's better than FreeBSD =), so it's what we use. The default settings suck, the package managment is a PITA, yum is slow as hell, etc but the one saving grace is that it's really simple to create a kickstart file to make the installation seamless and to create custom RPMs.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
We're finally moving our IDS boxes from FreeBSD to RHEL4, IMO the fact that they're FreeBSD means they're broken. =)

:roll:

I really don't like working with RH but it's what everyone supports and it's better than FreeBSD =),

:roll:

so it's what we use. The default settings suck, the package managment is a PITA, yum is slow as hell, etc but the one saving grace is that it's really simple to create a kickstart file to make the installation seamless and to create custom RPMs.

How often do you install packages on your IDSes?

 

[Nothinman]

How often do you install packages on your IDSes?

Not often, but we do have to have some sort of patch management and it's simpler to do with Linux.

 

[Brazen]

Debian, dude. Use Debian.