On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 15:08 -0500, Mike Chalmers wrote: > On 2/16/08, Fred Erickson <frederickson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 19:35 -0500, Mike Chalmers wrote: > > > I would like to setup a dual boot configuration on a Toshiba laptop. I > > > am first going to reinstall Windows on the Toshiba using the recovery > > > discs, because as of now Windows on the Toshiba is messed up. Then I > > > am going to install Fedora 8. > > > > > > I have read several ways to do this and was wondering what the best > > > method is to do this? > > > > > > Many Thanks, > > > Preston > > > > > > > > > Hello Preston, > > > > I recently setup a new Toshiba laptop to dual boot Vista & Fedora. You > > didn't mention which version of Windows your laptop has now but be very > > careful how you go about it if you're using Vista. > > > > In the past, I have successfully re-partitioned several drives using > > Knoppix or the "Ultimate Boot CD" on earlier versions of Windows so I > > didn't anticipate any real problems this time. Vista (Ultimate version) > > has a partitioning tool so I thought I'd give it a try. To make a long > > story short, the tool did the re-partitioning but Windows wouldn't boot > > after and the System Recovery disks wouldn't work either. I was able to > > get the Recovery disk to work by repairing the drive with other tools - > > so my advice is: Since your Windows is broken (normal?) anyway, create a > > new, smaller partition first, leaving enough unallocated space for > > Fedora. The Toshiba recovery cd will allow you to re-install Vista on > > the smaller drive. Then install Fedora in the unused space. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Fred > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > Thanks for the help. Sorry about your troubles with Vista. I am using > Windows XP. I didn't know that you could create a smaller partition > using the recovery discs? Is it possible to create a smaller partition > using the recovery discs so that I can easily install Fedora or do I > need to resize my Windows partition using a partition program? I didn't say I used the recovery disk to _make_ a smaller partition. I said the recovery disk with my computer could be used to restore the system to an already created smaller partition. It may be possible, I don't have time now to check that out. Use other tools such as parted or qtparted to shrink the partition. Since you have XP on your machine, you probably have a different model with different recovery disk, etc. Mine is an A215-S4767. I was wanting to point out that if you had Vista, there may be a problem using Vista's build in tools. Vista wanted to keep about 200g of my 250g drive for itself (figures approx.) I would not accept that. If you re-install XP first, then re-size, you probably want to clean out miscellaneous junk Toshiba includes - free software trials, etc, then you need to de-frag the drive and make sure the swap isn't located in a portion of the drive you want to give to Linux. Since you are going to re-install XP anyway, make one smaller drive first, install XP, then install Fedora. YMMV!!
