Fedora core 3 / XP dual boot

[Paul]

On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 19:17 -0800, T Raymond wrote:
> Hi,
> You do have to use a partitioning software to dual boot. In my class and 
> textbook, they say to do that first. HTH.
> --Teresa

I've done it both ways ... setting up the partitions first then
installing and installing windows first and telling it to use just X MB
of disk space and then installing Linux later and letting it take the
rest of the disk.

The only downside with the latter is that the /boot partition will
almost certainly be after the 1024 cylinder boundary that old BIOSes
have trouble with.  If your dealing with a newer system it should not
matter.

The former lets you optimize your partitions better, especially if your
running Linux most the time.  This lets you setup the Linux partitions
in the first part of the drive and Windows in the slower last 2/3rd of
the drive.


> 
> Richard E Miles wrote:
> 
> >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
> >>
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> >
> >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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