Windows XP Pro/Fedora Core 5 Dual Boot

[Michel]

Chris Maiden schreef:
> Hi All
> 
> I am feeling quite happy! I have got Fedora Core 5 up and running on my
> Workstation and apart from a few hiccups all is well.
> 
> Now I am getting adventurous!
> 
> I am thinking of setting up my HP NX8220 laptop with dual booting for
> Windows XP Pro and Fedora Core 5.
> 
> I have looked on the internet at a few tutorials and I noticed that
> Linux will not read NTFS partitions so I wanted to check my thinking.
> 
> So should I create 3 partitions, one for Windows NTFS, a partition for
> Fedora and then a 1 Gb partition as FAT32 so that I can "transfer files"
> between the two? I know I'll be limited to a Gb this way but is this the
> best way to go about it?
> 
> Also wondered if anyone had come across any major problems installing
> Fedora Core 5 on the HP NX8220.
> 
> Any tips and information really appreciated!!!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
Linux does support READING of ntfs file systems.
Writeing is not supported. (in an open source version, commercial ntfs
drivers that support writeing exist)
Don't know for sure if FC 5 supports reading of ntfs as i don't dual boot.


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