On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 12:02 -0700, Kirk wrote: > I'm currently running only Fedora10. I installed it a few months ago. > I know very little about partitioning. > > I'd like to setup partitions so I can install windowsXP and Ubuntu > to see what its like. > > The /dev/sda1 has the ext3 file system with 196.60 MiB (162.50 unused) > and the /dev/sda2 with 232.69 GiB (all unused), is listed as unknown. > > Do I need to format an NTSF partition for windows, an ext2 for > Ubuntu, and a Swap for the Linux programs? I suppose each is a > separate operation? Is there any particular order? And what should the > minimum size be for each partition. > > I've installed GParted, but am afraid I'll screw it up. > > I've been searching for answers in the forum & manuals but haven't been > able to find what I need. Naturally, any links that would help me with > this would also be appreciated. > > I appreciate any guidance on this. > Kirk202 If F!0 is already running all you have to do is provide a partion for the XP. The XP Installer will format its partition. The F10 partion(s) and the swap partition will stay as they are. -- ======================================================================= ... [concerning quotation marks] even if we *___did* quote anybody in this business, it probably would be gibberish. -- Thom McLeod ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
