I have posted this in two wrong formums....please tell me where to post. Thank you! I'm desperate!
"Let me first say that this is the first time I have posted although it is also the first place I go to for a solution. That being said, I'm probably not posting in the correct forum. Just let me know for future reference.
For the purposes of learning only (currently majoring in IT) I have a Dell with one hard drive that's 640GB. I had/have it set up to dual boot with XP Pro and Server 2003 at the moment. When I performed the dual boot I failed to create my partitions through Disk Management. So when I was installing Server 2003 and I pressed "C" to create a partition, I later realized that it created it as and extended partion instead of another primary partition. (Not sure if that's relevant).
Either way, two primary partitions: one with XP Pro and one Empty. Then I have and extended partition that is separated into two logical drives. Server 2003 is on the first volume of the extended partition and I use the second volume as a backup for my laptop (I know...no no).
Now we are learning Linux and I would like to add a third OS to the empty primary partition. My questions are: Would I do this the same way I did with Server 2003? Also, is it going to cause a problem that Server 2003 is installed on an extended partition? One more thing on that note: Can I convert that extended partition to a primary partition. FYI: I have already tried Partition Magic and I cannot convert although I can copy, but I'm afraid to in case data gets corrupted.
What do you suggest to an avid and aggressive learner such as myself?
I have posted this in two wrong formums....please tell me where to post. Thank you! I'm desperate!
"Let me first say that this is the first time I have posted although it is also the first place I go to for a solution. That being said, I'm probably not posting in the correct forum. Just let me know for future reference.
For the purposes of learning only (currently majoring in IT) I have a Dell with one hard drive that's 640GB. I had/have it set up to dual boot with XP Pro and Server 2003 at the moment. When I performed the dual boot I failed to create my partitions through Disk Management. So when I was installing Server 2003 and I pressed "C" to create a partition, I later realized that it created it as and extended partion instead of another primary partition. (Not sure if that's relevant).
Either way, two primary partitions: one with XP Pro and one Empty. Then I have and extended partition that is separated into two logical drives. Server 2003 is on the first volume of the extended partition and I use the second volume as a backup for my laptop (I know...no no).
Now we are learning Linux and I would like to add a third OS to the empty primary partition. My questions are: Would I do this the same way I did with Server 2003? Also, is it going to cause a problem that Server 2003 is installed on an extended partition? One more thing on that note: Can I convert that extended partition to a primary partition. FYI: I have already tried Partition Magic and I cannot convert although I can copy, but I'm afraid to in case data gets corrupted.
What do you suggest to an avid and aggressive learner such as myself?
