Re: Partitions while installing FC6

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On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 03:59:23PM -0800, Alex Miua wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> I am a newbie as you can make out from my posts. I
> wish to ask a question about installing FC6.
> 
> I have Win XP with lots of free space, but no
> "unallocated space" . Which option should  I choose to
> allocate around 10 GB to linux.
> 

You may find 10 GB to be a bit confining for daily use, but that will
depend on your computer, how you plan to use it, and your available
hard drive space.

You'll need to defragment and shrink your XP partition so as to create
some unallocated space. Anaconda (the Fedora installer) does not
handle this for you. I did this on my laptop about a year ago; the
gory details are at http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html. See
the sections on Tools and Cohabitation. You may also find the GParted
LiveCD (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php) useful if you
aren't a command line fan.

Er, just in case: back up your XP partition first! Just in case.

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