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

[andrew]

> 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 
> rogram, and The installer do not support to copy data
> to unallocated 
> spaces?

Well I'm not a core developer of OpenSolaris but I think I can answer this, since this is how my laptop is currently configured. Yes - you can do what you suggest. OpenSolaris will happily install to free space on your hard disk.

> 
> 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.

Yes - both will be available as boot options once you install OpenSolaris. The 2008.11 version has accessibility features built into the installer. There are 2 new options on the boot menu of the CD - one starts a screen magnifier and the other a screen reader.

Cheers

Andrew.
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