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Thanks Stuart. I am in no hurry so I can definitly wait for core 3. Is
there any risk in losing date when using those partitioning tools and
installing Fedora. I'm a bit nervous about installing a whole new
operating system. Thanks again<br>
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Stuart Sears wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tuesday 26 Oct 2004 21:54, Weston Monroe wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I am considering installing Fedora on my IBM ThinkPad T42p. I would want
to do a duel boot with Windows. My HD is formatted using the NTFS and I
read that Linux needs FAT. Will Fedora automatically partition and
convert the necessary space to FAT. Also, should I install core 2 or 3?
Thanks so much. I am really new to linux
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Fedora does not use FAT filesystems under normal circumstances - it will use
its own filesystems (ext3 by default).
Before you can install Fedora alongside Windows you will need to find or
create some free (unpartitioned) space on your hard disk for it to use.
You will probably need to use a third-party partitioning tool (e.g. Partition
Magic, Ranish Partition Manager, or something similar) to shrink your
existing Windows partition to make space for Fedora.
Personally I would wait for a week or so to install Fedora Core 3 (officially
due out on November 8th) but if you can't wait for it, FC2 is very stable and
reliable.
Regards
Stuart
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