how to combine Linux and windows. I have Windows on my (hd0,0) and want to install Linux on (hd0,1). what I have to do to combine them?

What do you mean by combining them? You can make them share files, but you still have to install them on different drives.

Well, personally, I'm partial to GRUB, which you would find with the linux side, and I've found it easiest to first install Windows, which it sounds like you've done...

Second, as much as I would like to say you should just drop linux onto the second partition, you may find that linux will want more than just one partition...

I don't know what distribution you may have personally, but I use Red Hat... It's available in 3 .iso files from their website, www.redhat.com , and as long as you don't want a permanent subscription to the red hat network... it's free...

I'd assume you can burn .iso's so I'll get to it...

Just start by popping cd1 into the cd tray, and restart...
(by the way, you may have to configure your BIOS to allow the cdRom to come before your hard disk in your boot order...)

The setup is just as pretty as any windowsX installation, but you ARE required to partition your hard drive a few more times (this is slightly complicated, especially if you're a beginner linux user, but there should be default settings you can choose [yes, it's that userfriendly these days]), but as you may notice, your ntfs is recognised by the installer...

from there, you can pick your bootloader etc... i like grub... and it will create the partitions for linux, and then... when you reboot, everything should streamline together............ select your OS and go....

im sorry this lost more and more detail as i went but i need to take care of some afterhours drama... women + alcohol = headache for me

** when i say complicated, i mean more in terms of how much space to get to each... there is actually a plethora of info on what sizes to allocate for what depending on intended usage, but a quick google can bring that up....

i tried to do this. but my windows couldn't load. i found some info that windows cannot be loaded from another partition. maybe this is the problem?

P.s I have win Xp and Suse 9.2

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and please tell me what I have to install first. Windows or Linux?

install windows first.

if windows see's a linux partiton dureing the install, it tends to chew up its boot loader.
if linux see's a windows partiton dureing the install, it automatically sets up dual booting.

technically, you sould have a 3rd partiton for swap space (windows users somtimes call this virtual ram)

but you dont need a swap partiton.

i will write a tutorial in the linux OS section if you want to look at it.

Yes, thank you. i want to see your tutorial.

thanks to everyone who helped me. I installed Windows + Linux. but I installed Knoppix, and I don't like it. i'm going to install Gentoo. I can write how I combined them.

installed knoppix? euhrm... knoppix boots from cd and is not installed as far as i know.
i got xp & mandrake. three partitions, one ntfs for my windows c:, one fat for storing files from both os' and one ext3 (well, and a swap) for my linux os.
installed xp first, then mandrake. chose to do the partitioning in linux myself and worked like a charm. created a lilo bootmenu and that was that.
when i had to reinstall xp, i just inserted my linux cd again, booted it into repair mode and restored my bootmenu.

easy as hell.

there is one thing that I used to do in dual-booting phaze of my OS evolution - I was leavin one BIG or even HUGE partition in FAT-32 so both OS'es can easly access them for read and write, since ext's or reiser is not seen in Windows and there are troubles wit writing to nsfs from linux...