Speaking as a n00b, Fedora Core 2 and 3 (and I can assume 4) were both
super easy to use to set up the partitions necessary for a dual boot
system along with GRUB (which I agree is excellent).

On 7/11/05, Derek Juba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you're using a distro with a good installer, it will probably be able
> to set up the partitioning for you.  Just install windows first and then
> defrag the disk so that there's space at the end for the new partition
> (or at least, that worked when I did a dual boot system a few years back).
> 
> -Derek
> 
> J. Milgram wrote:
> 
> > Have a new laptop. Had been thinking of simply trashing the XP system
> > it came with, but now maybe I'll try a dual-boot setup. It's been a
> > long while since I've done one of these. Will probably just fdisk to
> > make a couple of new partitions, install Linux then re-install XP into
> > one of the new partitions (it came with a CD for same). Anything
> > special to watch out for? Will I have to re-install LILO after
> > installing XP or something like that? Hazy memories of doing this with
> > W95 ...
> >
> > thanks
> > Judah
> 


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