I'm looking at setting up my system with dual boot and installing linux in hope that I can do away with using Windows XP Pro for the most part.
So far I realize this is going to take some time on my part backing up files and cleaning up my hard drives. Biggest problem to start is changing my c drive from NTFS to VFAT if possible or just moving programs and files around to my other 3 old FAT drives.
My s-i-l suggested using Fedora and Transgaming, so I can play EQ, but I would like to have the input of others on how I should go about setting up Linux on my machine. Much as I wish, living on a fix income doesn't allow me to make upgrades at this time. As long as I can play EQ and CivIII plus visit the Asylum and Ogame daily I'm happy. This is what I have: In small print to save space.
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name ASUS
System Manufacturer System Manufacturer
System Model System Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1261 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1011, 7/25/2002
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Video:
Name NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0281&SUBSYS_89431462&REV_A1\4&618BA55&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB (134,217,728 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6177
INF File oem11.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xD6000000-0xD7DFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.6177, 2.35 MB (2,459,712 bytes), 3/3/2004 10:29 AM)
sound:
Name CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
Manufacturer C-Media
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_0111&SUBSYS_80E21043&REV_10\3&61AAA01&0&28
I/O Port 0x0000FE00-0x0000FEFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 17
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cmaudio.sys (5.12.01.0643, 368.51 KB (377,358 bytes), 11/18/2002 2:51 PM)
cd-rom:
Drive H:
Description CD-ROM Drive
Media Loaded No
Media Type CD-ROM
Name ATAPI CD-RW 40X12
Manufacturer (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Status OK
Transfer Rate Not Available
SCSI Target ID 0
PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMATAPI_CD-RW_40X12_______________________V.MW____\5&14C31BBD&0&0.0.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 48.38 KB (49,536 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
network card: thenetgear is the card I install, I'm not sure why the rest showup though I understand for a few of the ports just need connectors installed.
Name [00000001] NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_100B&DEV_0020&SUBSYS_F3111385&REV_00\3&61AAA01&0&68
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 1
Service Name FA312
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\fa312nd5.sys (5.00.119.0, 15.70 KB (16,074 bytes), 6/13/2003 7:33 AM)
Name [00000002] 1394 Net Adapter
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type 1394 Net Adapter
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID V1394\NIC1394\579F4E01800
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 2
Service Name NIC1394
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nic1394.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 60.38 KB (61,824 bytes), 8/28/2002 9:33 PM)
Name [00000003] RAS Async Adapter
Adapter Type Not Available
Product Type RAS Async Adapter
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID Not Available
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 3
Service Name AsyncMac
Name [00000004] Infrared Port
Adapter Type Not Available
Product Type Infrared Port
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_IRDAMINIPORT\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 4
Service Name Rasirda
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\rasirda.sys (5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148), 19.13 KB (19,584 bytes), 7/15/2003 6:19 PM)
Name [00000005] WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Adapter Type Not Available
Product Type WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_L2TPMINIPORT\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 5
Service Name Rasl2tp
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\rasl2tp.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 50.13 KB (51,328 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000006] WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Adapter Type Wide Area Network (WAN)
Product Type WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_PPTPMINIPORT\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 6
Service Name PptpMiniport
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\raspptp.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 47.25 KB (48,384 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000007] WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Adapter Type Wide Area Network (WAN)
Product Type WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_PPPOEMINIPORT\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 7
Service Name RasPppoe
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\raspppoe.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 40.50 KB (41,472 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000008] Direct Parallel
Adapter Type Not Available
Product Type Direct Parallel
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_PTIMINIPORT\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 8
Service Name Raspti
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\raspti.sys (5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148), 16.13 KB (16,512 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000009] WAN Miniport (IP)
Adapter Type Not Available
Product Type WAN Miniport (IP)
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_NDISWANIP\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 9
Service Name NdisWan
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ndiswan.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 89.63 KB (91,776 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000010] Packet Scheduler Miniport
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type Packet Scheduler Miniport
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_PSCHEDMP\0001
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 10
Service Name
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\psched.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 67.50 KB (69,120 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Name [00000011] WAN Miniport (ATW)
Adapter Type Wide Area Network (WAN)
Product Type WAN Miniport (ATW)
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\NET\0000
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 11
Service Name WANATW
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\wanatw4.sys (8.3.0.0, 32.80 KB (33,588 bytes), 8/27/2003 11:22 AM)
Name [00000014] Packet Scheduler Miniport
Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
Product Type Packet Scheduler Miniport
Installed Yes
PNP Device ID ROOT\MS_PSCHEDMP\0002
Last Reset 6/2/2005 3:24 PM
Index 14
Service Name
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\psched.sys (5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), 67.50 KB (69,120 bytes), 8/29/2002 8:00 AM)
Drives:
Drive A:
Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive
Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 74.52 GB (80,015,491,072 bytes)
Free Space 29.17 GB (31,321,321,472 bytes)
Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 1.06 GB (1,133,133,824 bytes)
Free Space 927.30 MB (972,345,344 bytes)
Drive E:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 695.53 MB (729,313,280 bytes)
Free Space 310.44 MB (325,521,408 bytes)
Drive F:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 840.93 MB (881,782,784 bytes)
Free Space 840.84 MB (881,684,480 bytes)
Drive G:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System FAT32
Size 451.88 MB (473,829,376 bytes)
Free Space 254.13 MB (266,469,376 bytes)
Drive H:
Description CD-ROM Disc
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model QUANTUM FIREBALL SE3.2A I luck out on this old drive and it been faithful but then my first HD of 81 megs still worked last time I had it installed.
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed	hard disk media
Partitions 4
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 3.01 GB (3,228,696,576 bytes)
Total Cylinders 782
Total Sectors 6,306,048
Total Tracks 100,096
Tracks/Cylinder 128
Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
Partition Size 1.06 GB (1,135,378,944 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes
Partition Disk #1, Partition #1
Partition Size 1.95 GB (2,089,156,608 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1,135,411,200 bytes
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD800JB-00CRA1
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed	hard disk media
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 74.53 GB (80,023,749,120 bytes)
Total Cylinders 9,729
Total Sectors 156,296,385
Total Tracks 2,480,895
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size 74.52 GB (80,015,491,584 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes
I also have 5 USB ports. Cable Modem and Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSl Router with 4 port switch.
Thanks in advance.
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Ok, first you will probably need to change one of the other partitions to whatever you need it to be. Probably use PartitionMagic or some other partition manager.
Though I have not done anything with installing two OSes except like Win95 and some old version of redhat years and years back, I just googled a bit and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306559
That should help you somewhat.
Heres another tidbit I found: http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
Remember to do a couple of defrags before repartitioning.
Btw, I honestly hope you won't have to deal with actually mounting all the drives and video card drivers and whatnot that I had to do when I was isntalling Debian. I pray that your RedHat will doo it all for you;-)
EDIT: It is rather funny how right about everyone uses WinXP build 2600... and how Micro$oft still can't protect itself from illegal instalations.
Edited, Sat Jun 4 14:20:42 2005 by Bagira
Though I have not done anything with installing two OSes except like Win95 and some old version of redhat years and years back, I just googled a bit and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306559
That should help you somewhat.
Heres another tidbit I found: http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
Remember to do a couple of defrags before repartitioning.
Btw, I honestly hope you won't have to deal with actually mounting all the drives and video card drivers and whatnot that I had to do when I was isntalling Debian. I pray that your RedHat will doo it all for you;-)
EDIT: It is rather funny how right about everyone uses WinXP build 2600... and how Micro$oft still can't protect itself from illegal instalations.
Edited, Sat Jun 4 14:20:42 2005 by Bagira
Transgaming does require a $5/month membership fee to use Cedega.
http://linuxiso.org/
^ keeps current links to most flavors of Linux.
Fedora, Mandrake, or SuSe make good choices for beginners just wanting to get going quickly. If you really want to understand Linux and get your hands dirty, try Slackware or Debian.
http://linuxiso.org/
^ keeps current links to most flavors of Linux.
Fedora, Mandrake, or SuSe make good choices for beginners just wanting to get going quickly. If you really want to understand Linux and get your hands dirty, try Slackware or Debian.
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