Re: How to make FC3 and Win XP SP1 coexist safely? (Closed)

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Hi, wwp

> > > > > How to install FC3 into this machine safely (without destroy
> > > > > my data and Win XP) ? What partition should i create before
> > > > > installing FC3? (I intend to use partition magic for this
> > > > > purpose)
> > > >
> > > > Resize your Windows partitions to create free, unpartitioned
> > > > space for Linux. Don't create any partitions with Partition
> > > > Magic, let the Fedora installer take care of that.
> > >
> > > When I received my latest brand new laptop w/ XP (SP1) installed on
it, I
> > > went in XP, used partition magic to downsize the XP partition, then
booted
> > > from FC3 CD to create a new ext3 partition that uses the just-free'd
room,
> > > then installed FC3 w/o problem. Grub config was properly set by the
FC3
> > > installer and XP appears (and boots) from grub menu :-).
> >
> > Thanks to wwp and Markku Kollka!
> > I have succeded in installing FC3. Now I would like to install my HP
Deskjet
> > 3920 printer, but i could not find appropriate driver from the list FC3
> > offered. Is there any driver that i can use  (as a substitute)?
>
> It may work w/ a generic PCL5 (if yours is PCL5 compatible of course).. I
> just suggest that you'd know what format your printer supports and give a
try
> to the generic driver for this format if you cannot find the exact model
or a
> very-similar-family model in the list.

Thanks for your hint, wwp!
I tried to use HP Deskjet 3320 Series Driver and it works.


Regards,
yunus



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