--- "Irving, Dave" <Dave.Irving@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I went out yesterday and bought myself a new laptop > (HP Pavilion > ze2000), which came with XP installed. > So, first thing to do: get Fedora 3 on it of course! > I'd really like to dual boot it - and after reading > the red-hat docs, Im > still not totally sure what to do.... > My hard drive is not currently partitioned. > Do I need to partition it pre install, or will it be > possible to > partition during install? (if so, will I be given > the option as to how > much free room to leave on the XP partition, and is > the partitioning > non-destructive?). > > Would be really grateful for any advice.... > > Thanks, > > Dave > Hi Dave, Start with defragmenting your xp-drive so you have enough free space toghether on your drive and everything can happen non-destructive. I would resize the xp-drive pre-install with qtparted on the system rescue cd (http://www.sysresccd.org/), because fedora cant't do this on its own (or not that I know). This gives you the free space for fedora. After that start the fedora install, which will allow you to do futher partioning of your fedora installation. For the dual boot: use grub in the master boot record, never had problems with it! This is the way I do all my fedora installs on xp-boxes, and I never had a problem with it. Ciao Bart Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
