> <br /><br />02.10.08, 17:32, "Paul W. Frields" <STICKSTER@xxxxxxxxx >:<br > /><br />> On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 05:09:49PM +0400, isad ilexa17 > wrote:<br />> > I have the following problem:<br />> > Windows > XP is installed on my computer and I want to<br />> > install Fedora > keeping Windows alive (bootable).<br />> > Thanks and sorry for my > bad English.<br />> This is not a difficult problem to solve, > fortunately! :-) You simply<br />> need to have sufficient free space > in the partition itself, or on the<br />> hard disk outside that > partition. Most people find themselves in the<br />> first situation. > You may find things work best if you go to your<br />> Control Panel > > Administration Tools > Computer Management > Disk<br />> > Management, and analyze and defragment your partition first. I'm<br > />> afraid help with Windows is outside this list's topic, but the<br > />> procedure should be a fairly simple point-and-click operation.<br > />> Once you've done that, during the Fedora installation, you can > edit<br />> the existing Windows XP partition on your disk during the > disk<br />> partitioning step. Most people choose "Custom setup" for > the disk<br />> partitioning to get into the partition editing screen. > Click the<br />> checkbox to resize the existing Windows partition to > leave enough<br />> space for Fedora. Then establish partitions for > the Fedora<br />> installation. You can find more information about > disk partitioning<br />> here:<br />> <A > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html"; > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html"; > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/ch-disk-partitioning.html</A> > <br />> I recommend reading all of Chapter 12, but especially these > sections:<br />> <A > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html"; > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html"; > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-general.html</A><br > />> <A > href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html"; > mce_href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html"; > >http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-partitioning-advice.html</A><br > />> Fedora automatically detects your Windows XP installation and sets > up<br />> a dual-boot configuration for you. When you boot your > computer, you<br />> are able to choose between booting Fedora or > Windows by interrupting<br />> the GRUB boot screen with any key.<br > />> -- <br />> Paul W. Frields <A > href="http://paul.frields.org/"; mce_href="http://paul.frields.org/"; > >http://paul.frields.org/</A><br />> gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 > FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717<br />> <A > href="http://redhat.com/"; mce_href="http://redhat.com/"; > >http://redhat.com/</A> - - - - <A > href="http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/"; > mce_href="http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/"; > >http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/</A><br />> irc.freenode.net: > stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug</STICKSTER@xxxxxxxxx><br > /><br />Yeah really thanks but it doesn't work.<br /> Some "OTHER" booting > option appeared but it doesn't work:(<br />When i select it nothing > happens. Only the counter sets to 60 seconds again. What I did, instead of relying on Grub or the Windows boot manager, was to install the /boot filesystem and grub onto a USB key and add the USB slot to my bootable device list in my system's BIOS setup. That way, if I want to boot Windows, I just leave the USB key disconnected and boot the system...if I want to boot Fedora, I just plug in the USB key, and boot the system. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
