Fedora Installation

[Rick Stevens]

Weston Monroe wrote:
> Thanks Stuart. I am in no hurry so I can definitly wait for core 3. Is 
> there any risk in losing date when using those partitioning tools and 
> installing Fedora. I'm a bit nervous about installing a whole new 
> operating system. Thanks again

Weston,

Yes, there's always a risk of losing stuff when you start futzing around
with partitions.  You MUST back up your system fully AND make sure you
can recover from the backup media before you use any of the tools.  You
have been warned!  ;-)

Personally, I back up to CD/DVD _and_ DAT tape. I also make sure the
machine is plugged into a good UPS with at least 90 minutes of run time
so if power poops out, I don't corrupt the system.  I sometimes also
sacrifice an old 3.5" floppy over a hot soldering iron to placate
Murphy.  You can't be too safe!

Stuart's advice still holds.  Regardless of what Fedora release you use,
you will still need to make space on your hard drive for Fedora to live
in.  You must use a partition manager such as the ones he mentions to
shrink down your NTFS partition to create "unused" space on your hard
drive.  There are other, free partition managers around, a Google search
will find them (e.g. qtparted, gparted, RIP, UltimateBootCD, etc.)

Whether you want FC2 or want to wait a couple of weeks for FC3 is up to
you.  If you're a newbie, I'd recommend FC2.  FC3 will be a new release
and will undoubtedly have some teething problems at first.  FC2 is
stable and relatively bug free.  Just install it and make sure you run
"yum -u update" as soon as you can to make sure it's fully updated.

> Stuart Sears wrote:
> 
>>On Tuesday 26 Oct 2004 21:54, Weston Monroe wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>I am considering installing Fedora on my IBM ThinkPad T42p. I would want
>>>to do a duel boot with Windows. My HD is formatted using the NTFS and I
>>>read that Linux needs FAT. Will Fedora automatically partition and
>>>convert the necessary space to FAT. Also, should I install core 2 or 3?
>>>Thanks so much. I am really new to linux
>>>    
>>>
>>Fedora does not use FAT filesystems under normal circumstances - it will use 
>>its own filesystems (ext3 by default).
>>Before you can install Fedora alongside Windows you will need to find or 
>>create some free (unpartitioned) space on your hard disk for it to use.
>>You will probably  need to use a third-party partitioning tool (e.g. Partition 
>>Magic, Ranish Partition Manager, or something similar) to shrink your 
>>existing Windows partition to make space for Fedora.
>>Personally I would wait for a week or so to install Fedora Core 3 (officially 
>>due out on November 8th) but if you can't wait for it, FC2 is very stable and 
>>reliable.


>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Stuart
>>  
>>
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