Dual Boot Windows XP and Mandrake Linux 10.1 Powerpack
Well I had a busy night yesterday building a dual boot laptop. After a long night of work, I have a dual boot laptop with the following specs:
10 Gigabyte partition for Windows XP SP2
10 Gigabyte partition for Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack Linux
1 Gigabyte partition for the Linux Swap File
Two 15 Gigabyte partitions formatted FAT32 and mounted by both OS's (shared storage)
I'm using the Grub boot loader which is going to cut down on the way LILO wigs out Windows Antivirus Programs due to the way it messes with the Master Boot Record. I plan on putting up a tutorial on how to do this. I realized that there is a great need for this information since I was not able to find any legitimate instructions for it on the net.
The main purpose of this laptop is to allow me to perform my normal windows administration at work while letting me play with Linux on the side. Lately I have wanted to experiment with wireless penetration testing and I now have wireless Linux laptop to do that with. I also want to take time to brag on the new Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack. It has basically everything you could possible need from a desktop and also includes several server side programs. The GUI interface is extremely nice and I really like the Control Center (similar to windows control panel) but better. If your dual booting soon, feel free to leave a comment if you have any problems.
Posted by dmac at December 28, 2004 07:04 PM
