Finally getting rid of Windows (almost)

[Terry Snyder]

On 5/12/06, David Cary Hart <Fedora at tqmcube.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 13:32:29 -0400, James Pifer
> <jep at obrien-pifer.com> opined:
> > I've been running fedora core since fc3 in a dual boot with Windows
> > XP. I'm now running fc5 and using vmware player to run Windows XP.
> > I must say vmware works incredibly well on fc5. I don't boot to
> > Windows XP very often and with VMWarePlayer working so well, I'm
> > ready to make better use of the partition.
> >
> > My current partitions are:
> > /dev/hda1   *           1        3199    25695936    7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda2            3200        3212      104422+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda3            3213        9729    52347802+  8e  Linux LVM
> >
> > So can I just blow away the hda1 partition, create a new linux
> > partition, and add it to the lvm? Or will that hose the boot/grub
> > process?
> >
> OT but could you provide a quick-start guide to VMware. I have the
> player rpm. I assume that I need the server if I want to install
> WinXP?? I have a licensed copy of WinXP. I cannot quite get a handle
> on this.
>
> Thanks
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I use the free Beta VMware Server the allows you to install and configure
all OSes that are supported by VMware.  Currently using FC5 on all systems,
and vmware on two systems that I sometimes need a second OS to run a program
or test a program I am writing.

-- 
Terry Snyder Jr
Computer Support Specialist
http://www.personal.psu.edu/tes215
Linux (Red Hat, Fedora Core), Windows, Mac
Fedora Core 5  3 users,  load average: 0.19, 0.30, 0.28
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