SuSe Linux 8.0 and Highpoint 370/2

Hi,

I've been running WinXP on my ABIT KR7R-RAID133/Highpoint RAID-0 (dual Maxtor 80GB) system.  I'm now in a position to install Linux, I have Suse 8.0 pro.

I had a 30 Gb partition with C: on it, I'm OK to lose this and reinstall XP.  I then have a 30Gb partition, which I can lose, but would rather keep with XP data on it.  This leaves me with over 80Gb of unpartitioned space at the end of the disk.

What I want to do is have a dual boot system.  I had this on another PC with no problems, Red Hat.  It came up with the Lilo prompt and then went straight into Windows, I could choose Linux though and it all worked fine.

Do I have to repartition the existing C: partition and allow Linux a dedicated paritiion low down on the disk?  Or can it use the MBR alongside Windows?
I tried spliting the 30Gb C partition to give Linux the first 20Mb of the disk, but Windows as gone and used that anyway.

Also, I'm using the existing Highpoint drivers from the Linux CD.  They seem to read the Raid drive OK. I've tried to get it to create a swap and / partiton inthe unpartitioned space at the end of the disk, but it fails.

Could someone please explain the best way forward for me please?  I want to have a dual boot Suse/XP system, both using the RAID-0 array.  I'd also prefer for all the XP binaries etc to be on the C: drive.

cheers

Dave D.

SuSe Linux 8.0 and Highpoint 370/2

[Durelli]

I'm not anonymous,  I'm Dave' Durelli - son of a famous Italian Tyre Maker'

[ierax]

MBR gets lsot if you install windows... The xp partition you have with data you want to keep can be mounted as an ntfs or fat32 partition after you install linux. Windows wants by default to use the primary channel for installation so that may be teh source of your problems.
So If aI understood your problem correctly. Repartition the Crive  in whatever windows partition you want  ii) a swap partition iii )a linux partition.lilo will have to be set up  accordingly ,I suggest you use grub it will probably be less messy.