Hi Scott, Thanks for your reply. My responses are included below. --david le. --- oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> wrote: > David Le wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Thanks everyone who answers my question about > utility > >to burn FC4 CDs. I was able to use Roxie to do > that, > >although it's not a free software. > > > >I'm a new user to FC4 and I'm really impressed > about > >its functionalities. > > > >I want to setup a dual-boot of WinXP and FC4 on my > >labtop IBM ThinkPad T43. There is one physical disk > of > >80GB and there were already 2 partitions (created > by > >IBM when I bought this labtop): Partition #1 > (70GB), > >partition #2 (4GB). > >Question: > > > >1) Inside partiont #1, I want to create partions > >needed for installation of FC4. How can I do that > >correctly and safely? > > > > > You don't create a partition inside another, but > you must resize the > existing partition then make a new partition. > There are quite a few tools, the most famous being > Partition Magic. You > should google for them, make sure that you get a > non-destructive > partitioner. >From my search, there is a free trial version of Partition Magic 8.0 and 8.01 available on several websites. I guess it should be reliable and safe to use? > > >It would be appreciated if you can give me as much > >detail as you can. > > > > > Installation is a HUGE subject to put into 1 > email, but I will > suggest that it is 1000% easier if you have a > second, blank hdd, so that > you can be fairly fearless, knowing it is > practically impossible top > screw up your existing installation (in fact you > won't have to mess with > it much at all). > > Try this link as a start: > > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html You're right. I did this with my desktop PC and there was no problem. Unfortunately, on my laptop, there is no extra room for an addition physical disk. So I guess I don't have any other choice except resize the current partitions to make new partitions as you suggested. > > >2) What is the reasonable size of partition that > >should be reserved for running FC4? > > > > > This varies quite a bit depending on what you > want to do with your > system, but 5GB for basic stuff including Xserver, > some multimedia etc > 10 GB if you're going to want to burn CDs and have > movie files mp3s etc > I use 15 GB and may need more if I ever need to burn > dual layer DVDs. > > Scott > > >Please let me. > >Thank very much. > > > >--david le. > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
