On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:05:22 +1000 "Greg Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running both Windows and Linux on my old pc, a PII 400 with 8.2 > gig + 6.4 gig hard drives. Xandros is installed on the smaller hard > drive and boots with Lilo. I now have a copy of Red Hat Fedora that I > want to run as well as Xandros and I figure there is enough space on the > smaller drive to fit both versions. > > What is the best way to have both versions of Linux and Windows > installed?
You want to repartition your drive that has Linux on it. Depending on how much you want the data that's on the Xandros partition, you can either resize the Xandros partition, or install both Xandros and Fedora fresh and set up the partitions when you install them. If you are going to try and resize the Xandros partition , the first thing you'd want to do is backup anything on the drive that you want. Next, you'd want to head over to http://www.sysresccd.org/ and download and burn the SystemRescueCD iso. It'll let you repartition it using a Gui, which might make the process a bit easier for you. The two tools that it uses are Parted, and QtParted. If you want to install Xandros and Fedora fresh, you can set up the partitons when you install either of the two distros. I know that if you install Fedora after Xandros, it'll detect both your Windows and Xandros installs and set up the boot loader appropriately. I'd suggest giving each distro about 3.2 gigs, and install Fedora second. Cheers, Lindsay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
