On 5/7/07, John Aldrich <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Quoting Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx>: > I just received a new Inspiron 9400 (32 bit dual core chip) with one > 100gig (truly 90+gig) drive that is pre installed with Vista on the > entire drive, on >1 partitions. > I would like to have Fedora on it in a dual boot config. > If I have to, I'll reinstall Vista (and free Win software) from scratch. > > The question is which is the best way of accomplishing this: > 1. Boot the Fedora DVD, and have it shrink the Windoz partition, install > Fedora. > 2. Get a 3rd party partition manager to reduce the partition, then > install Fedora. > 3. Boot Fedora DVD, wipe out partition, install Fedora and afterwards Vista. > 4. Wipe out partition, install Vista and afterwards Fedora. > > Also key question. Would Fedora 7 differ then FC6 in this scenario? > Nat: I would at least TRY GNU Parted before wiping and reinstalling, as it's a non-destructive repartitioning util, similar to Partition Magic. I know it works on NTFS partitions, as I used it on an XP machine.
Makes sense. If I'm going to wipe it anyhow, might be the ideal moment to play with Parted! nat
