Fedora core 3 / XP dual boot

[Eric Waguespack]

supposedly you can run both windows and slackware on the same fat32
partition, a little off topic, but makes better use of hard drive
space, especially if you set them up to use the same swap file (the
latter i know is possible).




On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 23:28:56 -0600, Paul <subsolar at subsolar.org> wrote:
> 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >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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