I should point out, though, that Fedora doesn't handle FAT or NTFS partition resizing, or at least I haven't seen it on there. Not really a big deal in this case, since Judah wasn't trying to save a working Windows install, but all bets are off if this is a restore CD, and not an install CD...
-DMZ On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 11:53 -0400, Randolph Baden wrote: > 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 > > > >
