Fedora Core 2 instillation

[Paul Howarth]

Hi Matt,

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Matt Upton wrote:
> Thanks guys, so what your saying is the best solution is to set up 
> Fedora Core 2 as a FAT32 partition type and then set up another FAT32 
> partition type to store data in so I can read between Linux and Windows 
> XP instead of re-installing Windows under FAT32.  That would work?    Or 
> is there a way to change my partition type in Windows without 
> re-installation?  I already have all the network stuff set up and don’t 
> want to mess with all that again.

1. Use your Partition Magic to shrink the size of the XP (NTFS) partition.
2. Use the space you have saved to:
    (a) create a FAT32 partition to store the data you wish to share between
        XP & Linux, and
    (b) install Fedora into, using the regular Linux filesystem type of ext3.

You cannot install Fedora onto a FAT32 partition, but once installed it will 
read and write such a partition quite happily.

> Also, do I create the partition as Logical or Primary or does it not 
> matter?

Your XP install will already be on a primary partition. I'd also suggest 
making a small (~100MB) primary partition for /boot when you install Fedora 
but other than that everything else can be a logical partition.

Regards, Paul.