Fedora core 3 / XP dual boot

Leopoldo Olmos leodoc at cantv.net
Tue Mar 15 00:07:02 UTC 2005


Install XP using for example half of your disk space. Keep your free
space unformatted. Then install fedora core 3 using your free space, it
will give you instruccions to configure grub for dual boot with other OS
-rename to XP-, and voila!

On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 10:38 +0000, Irving, Dave 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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