Windows XP & Fedora on one computer

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Thu Oct 2 15:05:25 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:53 -0400, Mike Burger wrote:
> > <br /><br />02.10.08, 17:32, "Paul W. Frields" <STICKSTER at GMAIL.COM >:<br
> > /><br />> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 05:09:49PM +0400, isad ilexa17
> > wrote:<br />> > I have the following problem:<br />> > Windows
> > XP is installed on my computer and I want to<br />> > install Fedora
> > keeping Windows alive (bootable).<br />> > Thanks and sorry for my
> > bad English.<br />> This is not a difficult problem to solve,
> > fortunately! :-) You simply<br />> need to have sufficient free space
> > in the partition itself, or on the<br />> hard disk outside that
> > partition.  Most people find themselves in the<br />> first situation.
> > You may find things work best if you go to your<br />> Control Panel
> > > Administration Tools > Computer Management > Disk<br />>
> > Management, and analyze and defragment your partition first.  I'm<br
> > />> afraid help with Windows is outside this list's topic, but the<br
> > />> procedure should be a fairly simple point-and-click operation.<br
> > />> Once you've done that, during the Fedora installation, you can
> > edit<br />> the existing Windows XP partition on your disk during the
> > disk<br />> partitioning step.  Most people choose "Custom setup" for
> > the disk<br />> partitioning to get into the partition editing screen.
> > Click the<br />> checkbox to resize the existing Windows partition to
> > leave enough<br />> space for Fedora.  Then establish partitions for
> > the Fedora<br />> installation.  You can find more information about
> > disk partitioning<br />> here:<br />> <A
> > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html"
> > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html"
> > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html</A>
> > <br />> I recommend reading all of Chapter 12, but especially these
> > sections:<br />> <A
> > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html"
> > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html"
> > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html</A><br
> > />> <A
> > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html"
> > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html"
> > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html</A><br
> > />> Fedora automatically detects your Windows XP installation and sets
> > up<br />> a dual-boot configuration for you.  When you boot your
> > computer, you<br />> are able to choose between booting Fedora or
> > Windows by interrupting<br />> the GRUB boot screen with any key.<br
> > />> -- <br />> Paul W. Frields                                <A
> > href="http://paul.frields.org/" mce_href="http://paul.frields.org/"
> > >http://paul.frields.org/</A><br />>   gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58
> > FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717<br />>   <A
> > href="http://redhat.com/" mce_href="http://redhat.com/"
> > >http://redhat.com/</A>   -  -  -  -   <A
> > href="http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/"
> > mce_href="http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/"
> > >http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/</A><br />>   irc.freenode.net:
> > stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug</STICKSTER at GMAIL.COM><br
> > /><br />Yeah really thanks but it doesn't work.<br /> Some "OTHER" booting
> > option appeared but it doesn't work:(<br />When i select it nothing
> > happens. Only the counter sets to 60 seconds again.
> 
> What I did, instead of relying on Grub or the Windows boot manager, was to
> install the /boot filesystem and grub onto a USB key and add the USB slot
> to my bootable device list in my system's BIOS setup.
> 
> That way, if I want to boot Windows, I just leave the USB key disconnected
> and boot the system...if I want to boot Fedora, I just plug in the USB
> key, and boot the system.
> 
I have ben doing this using grub (and preciously lilo) for at least the
last 15 years. Works like a charm. No need for a USB key.
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