On 19 October 2013 03:50, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a Lenovo T430 that had Windows 7 Pro pre-installed, but I wiped out > Windows and installed Fedora 19 instead (actually, I first installed Ubuntu > and then Fedora). Good move. > Now I want to turn it into a dual-boot machine with Fedora and Windows > based on the license for the pre-installed Windows. I would suggest you have a virtual machine running inside a host. The main reason is that by doing this you get both system running in a stable way, and you have access to both systems all the time. > I see on the web some recommendations to first install Windows, and some > say you can install first Linux and then Windows, but it may not work for > (some?) pre-installed versions. I would suggest go for Windows first because boot Windows is much more confusing than boot Linux. You can easily add a boot point in Windows using software and load Grub and then load Linux. > So, now I'm wondering whether I should first wipe out Fedora and then put > first Windows and second Fedora, or whether I should try to keep Fedora and > add Windows next to it? If you still rely on Windows to work and study, and you are just having some fun with Fedora, go for a virtual machine. You will get enough performance and experience by using the virtual machine. > > My file systems currently look like this: > > [oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/mapper/fedora-root 51475068 8239400 40597844 17% / > devtmpfs 3929460 0 3929460 0% /dev > tmpfs 3936376 96 3936280 1% /dev/shm > tmpfs 3936376 900 3935476 1% /run > tmpfs 3936376 0 3936376 0% /sys/fs/cgroup > tmpfs 3936376 52 3936324 1% /tmp > /dev/sda1 487652 120305 337651 27% /boot > /dev/mapper/fedora-home 420590200 21603936 377598388 6% /home > Looks it's a Fedora only system with LVM installed, so either wipe Fedora out or install Windows in a virtual machine. I am using ArchLinux as my host machine and Windows & Fedora as Guest. Everything run in VirtualBox and all work fine. -- Regards, Xinyun Zhou __Simplicity is the peak of civilisation__ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
