Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 22:11 +0530, Ankur Sinha wrote: > >> On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 10:33 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> >>> You have to partition the disk, leaving at least one partition for >>> each >>> system. One way is to download a live CD (or USB) copy of gparted, the >>> GNU Partition Editor. See http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php >>> >> Another way: >> >> In XP: >> right click on My Computer > Manage > Disk Management > shrink your >> drive and leave unallocated space for Fedora. >> >> Once this is done, reboot with your fedora dvd in the drive, choose the >> unallocated space as your install location and continue. >> > > Yes, that will work as long as a single Linux partition is enough. Some > people like separate partitions for /home, swap etc., though you can get > much the same effect via LVM. > Before the days of LVM, I put /swap and / as primary partitions and everything else (/opt, /usr, /home, /WHATEVER) on an extended partition. This worked well. If all you have is WindowsXP, you have two primary partitions left.... James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
