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Old 01-01-2009
Question how to choose drives(dual boot)

Hi, and a very Happy New Year to all the members. I am new to unix.com.

I wanted to install sunsolaris 10 and get dual boot it with Rhel5,WindowsXp.
Problem is when it comes use the partition i am confused as to how to partition it or select a partition for Sun solaris.
please help.
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Old 01-02-2009
see first u should install solaris 10 then linux and then xp
if u give ur pc configuration it would be gr8
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Old 01-02-2009
my system configurations are
Core 2 duo 2.2ghz
2gb ram 667fsb
410gb HDD(250segate+160segate)
Nvidia graphic card 512mb 8500gt
965 intel motherboard
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