Windows XP Pro/Fedora Core 5 Dual Boot

[Mike McCarty]

Chris Maiden wrote:
> 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.

You'll get some replies stating that Linux can reliably read NTFS.
This is not my experience. IME, file names get munged, and I don't mean
the case of letters not being preserved. I found that some file names
got "Control" characters in them (i.e. with ASCII codes less than 0x20).
I found this with more than one distro, including FC2, Puppy, DSL,
Knoppix, Kanotix, Kill Bill, and a few others.

> 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?

I won't say how many you should create, but another FAT32 for file
exchange or sharing would be fine. You will not be limited to 1GB.
The 1GB limitation was with FAT16.

> 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
> 

HTH

Mike
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