On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 01:19 -0500, Ken Schutte wrote: > I need to setup a dual boot system on my x40 Thinkpad laptop. I've done > it without problems before, but this time I have FC4 installed first, > and now want to add a Windows XP partition. On intial FC4 setup, I used > disk druid and kept some open space, then later used qtparted in knoppix > to create an NTFS partition. Currently fdisk -l shows: > > Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 14 3582 28667992+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 3583 3647 522112+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/hda4 3648 4864 9775552+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > When I try to boot from a Windows XP disc to install Windows, it quickly > flashes some text saying something like "please wait while checks your > system...", then the screen is blank and nothing happens and I have to > just reset. Should I be able to boot and install from a WinXP disc > given that partition table? > > Sorry if this it a bit of a windows question, but all these partions > were created in linux, so maybe somebody could help. > I wonder if the problem is hda4. Normally windows creates that as an extended partition and it may not be able to use it for install/boot. Usually there are logical drives in the extended partition that windows uses so that could easily be an issue. > Thanks! > Ken >
