Your mileage will vary with Partition Magic. I tried that trick with a not so old version, and ended up clearing all the partions and starting over. At the very least, make sure you have the latest version!
When they say back up your data - they really mean it! I tend to slam in a leftover IDE as slave drive and just make a copy of the data. In windows, I like to have a D drive for data, let the OS and installed programs have the C. That way, when I (inevitably) have to reinstall everything on the C, the D is unaffected. On a dual boot, I prefer to use the windows boot manager. Install Windows in first partition - 10 to 20 gigs, leave generous second partition for windows data, say 40 to 100 gb, and then as many linux partitions as desired. Whether in Windows or Linux, you probably want to define the partitions yourself rather than just accepting the defaults...... --- limahotel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to create a partition on a HD for dual boot > Windows/Linux > installation. Windows will go in the primary, Linux > Fedora 3 in the > Extended. I plan to use Partition Magic to create > the extended partition. > The documentation says the choices for Linux format > type are Linuz Ext2 or > Linus Ext3. Which one should I specify - Ext2 or > Ext3? > > I noticed an existing installation (on a different > HD) that had 3 partitions > for Linux with sizes of 99.9 M, 255.9 M, and 28.2 G. > Yet documentation says > I will need 2 partitions for the new install - the > main one and a swap. Do > I need 2 or 3? If only 2, what would the 99.9 M be > used for on the existing > install? > > Thanks, > Lief > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
