On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:42:49 -0700, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Berry wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:20:43 -0500, Erik Hemdal <ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Yes, use this approach if you are doing a fresh install, or don't mind > > reformatting and reintstalling. You can do it in other orders, but > > this offers the least trouble if you have the choice. If you have > > already installed Linux and have a partition that you can install > > Windows on, you can install Windows and then boot to the rescue CD to > > reinstall GRUB. There are plenty of examples of this on the web and > > in the archives. Again, if you have the choice, do it in the order > > you specified. > > > I recommend rebuilding the system, if you can do this. Backup your data > and remove everything else. Install XP first, and convert to NTFS if > you desire. I recommend adding a partition for moving data between XP > and Linux. Of course, this should be a FAT/FAT32 partition. > > > >>a system which currently contains XP, reduce the size of your NTFS partition > >>to make space for Fedora. Do not alter the small FAT partition which XP has > > > > > > To resize the NTFS partition, you will need to use Partition Magic > > (not free) or qtparted (free). You can use Knoppix or System Rescue > > CD to get qtparted (Google the names to find the sites). I would also > > recommend running scandisk and defrag in Windows to get files toward > > the front of the drive to make resizing less dangerous (always a > > chance of messing something up, though it has worked for me). You > > can also turn off the swap file, reboot, and defrag before you resize > > as the swapfile is usually located somewhere near the end of the drive > > (a huge green (unmovable) block in the defrag tool). > > > As always, before using any partition altering software product, backup > your system. > > > >>created (XP needs a FAT partition to work). Leave the freed up space > > > > > > Uhh, I'm not sure what this "small FAT partition" is that Erik talks > > of, but my laptop has XP and FC3 on it with no FAT partitions at all. > > WinXP does not need FAT, if anything, it needs NTFS. Now, I've only > > used XP Pro, so perhaps XP Home needs a FAT partition, but I've never > > heard that and it doesn't make much sense to me. > > > XP does not need to have FAT anywhere on a system. I have an older > system with Win2K installed on it and all of the drive is NTFS. Linux > is gaining the ability to read and write NTFS. I don't know if this is > a good thing or not. Only time will tell. > -- > James McKenzie > With assistance, Now running 2.6.11rc3, Software Suspend 2 > and ibm-acpi .1 > Need a home for my .rpm > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > The whole ideas of having the FAT/FAT32 partition is not that ex-pee NEEDS it, rather that BOTH ex-pee AND linux can access it. This is the way I have it set up on my home machine. XP sees it as D: and all my music files are in there so that I can play them when I boot to Fedora or when Ety boots to ex-pee. Dotan Cohen http://English-Lyrics.com http://Song-Lyriks.com
