Linux can work from with in a partition having FAT32, and swap space can as well be a file on the same partition.
Definitely Linux will work from D:\ (fat32).
But Linux from C:\ (fat32) will depend on the capability of boot loader, you have option of grub, lilo and wins multi-boot option among others.
Best option is to run Linux from a separate partition with native formatting and swap on a separate dedicated partition.
There are many options to improve performance and to customize to your needs. Google is every ones' friend.
But why ride a bicycle when U have a Ducati, except for burning the calories within your body. C:\ Linux + Win will burn you out up to your brains along with your calories.
In any case don't shy the why - just ask.
On 12/2/05, Ali Helmy <alihelmy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey James,Thanks alot for your reply, but I just wanted to ask a small question about one thing, in the end you said "You will, of course, need some unformatted space or an unused partition on the hard drive into which you can install Fedora. Free space in C:\ won't do."What does that mean? do you mean I HAVE to create a new partition? I mean i have already around 6GBs of free memory on the C partition, and that is the only partition I have... Do i have to re-align these 6 gigs to be a new partition on their own? Can't linux installation just manage it and do the work (ie: create partition, format and install) or do i have to do that manually?
One more question, if i do have to do the above mentioned manually, any ideas how i can do it without losing the rest of the data on the partition, ie without losing the data other than the 6 gigs?Thanks
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