[indiana-discuss] is it possible to use Opensolaris and Windows XP on one harddrive?

Mgr. Janusz Chmiel chmiel at phil.muni.cz
Tue Dec 2 11:12:29 PST 2008


Dear core developers of Opensolaris,

    I would like to ask You, if is it possible to use Opensolaris on one 
harddrive also with Windows XP? If The partitions are divided as follows:

Windows XP is installed on one NTFS partition for example, on The first 25 
GB of disk space, while harddisk is having 55 GB capacity.

Opensolaris would be installed at The second unallocated space of this 
harddrive, while this unallocated space will be created by using Gparted 
tool, and on this unallocated space, which would have also 25 GB opensolaris 
would be installed.

    Is it possible, or I must use supported procedures in The installation 
program, and The installer do not support to copy data to unallocated 
spaces?

Next question.

Is it possible to boot to Windows XP or Opensolaris after install 
Opensolaris? Or I will able to boot at The lastly installed operating 
system, or only to Windows XP? If it will be fact, would You try to add 
bootmanager to Your distro? If there is possibility allready to boot to 
multiple operating systems, in my case to Windows XP or Opensolaris, please 
tell Me The procedure, I Am visually impaired user with no sight.

Thank You very much for your ansver.

The kindness regards.

Janusz Chmiel




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