Fedora core 3 / XP dual boot

Richard E Miles r.godzilla at comcast.net
Sun Mar 13 21:36:40 UTC 2005


On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:38:17 -0000
"Irving, Dave" <Dave.Irving at logicacmg.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I went out yesterday and bought myself a new laptop (HP Pavilion
> ze2000), which came with XP installed.
> So, first thing to do: get Fedora 3 on it of course!
> I'd really like to dual boot it - and after reading the red-hat docs, Im
> still not totally sure what to do....
> My hard drive is not currently partitioned.
> Do I need to partition it pre install, or will it be possible to
> partition during install? (if so, will I be given the option as to how
> much free room to leave on the XP partition, and is the partitioning
> non-destructive?). 
> 
> Would be really grateful for any advice....
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
> 

I believe you have to set up some space on the disk beforehand so that
fedora has room to install. I havn't done this myself as I don't dual
boot.

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