<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Installation Strategies mini-HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="License" HREF="x27.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="ARTICLE" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="TITLE" ><A NAME="AEN2" >Linux Installation Strategies mini-HOWTO</A ></H1 ><H3 CLASS="AUTHOR" ><A NAME="AEN4" >Tobby Banerjee</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="AFFILIATION" ><DIV CLASS="ADDRESS" ><P CLASS="ADDRESS" >tobbyb@usa.net</P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="OTHERCREDIT" ><B >Philippe Martin - </B ><SPAN CLASS="CONTRIB" >Conversion to DocBook SGML</SPAN ></P ><DIV CLASS="REVHISTORY" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2001-05-02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: pm</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Conversion to DocBook SGML.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2000-12-20</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tb</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="ABSTRACT" ><A NAME="AEN25" ></A ><P ></P ><P >This document discusses a few installation strategies for those who intend to dual-boot between Windows and Linux.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="x27.html" >License</A ></DT ><DT >2. <A HREF="x30.html" >Mail</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="x34.html" >The basics</A ></DT ><DT >4. <A HREF="x72.html" >A note about hard disks and partitions</A ></DT ><DT >5. <A HREF="x97.html" >The concepts</A ></DT ><DT >6. <A HREF="x164.html" >Partitioning</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="x204.html" >Installation</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="x221.html" >The <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Lilo</SPAN > way</A ></DT ><DT >9. <A HREF="x239.html" >The <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Loadlin</SPAN > way</A ></DT ><DT >10. <A HREF="x324.html" >Rebooting</A ></DT ><DT >11. <A HREF="x349.html" >Setting up <SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Loadlin</SPAN ></A ></DT ><DT >12. <A HREF="x412.html" >Removing Linux and restoring your Windows partition to its Original state</A ></DT ><DT >13. <A HREF="x445.html" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >XFree 4.01</SPAN ></A ></DT ><DT >14. <A HREF="x457.html" >Tips and Suggestions</A ></DT ><DT >15. <A HREF="x514.html" >The State of Linux – What to Expect</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >15.1. <A HREF="x514.html#AEN525" >The Specifics – Wordprocessing</A ></DT ><DT >15.2. <A HREF="x514.html#AEN540" >Multimedia</A ></DT ><DT >15.3. <A HREF="x514.html#AEN568" >Internet</A ></DT ><DT >15.4. <A HREF="x514.html#AEN573" >Games</A ></DT ><DT >15.5. <A HREF="x514.html#AEN581" >Desktop Publishing</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x27.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >License</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >