Re: install core 3 on a laptop that has xp already installed

From: Kevin Fries (kevin_at_hcico.com)
Date: 02/02/05

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    Charles Li wrote:

    |I was trying to install core 3, but the installer
    |saids not free partition. The laptop has a 80GB
    |harddrive formated by XP, it had around 40GB of free
    |space. What are my options.

    Shrink your Windows partition. Leave the Linux partition unformatted,
    and try again. Linux will not install on a Windows drive unless you
    are replacing Windows, and will not shrink a NTFS partition.

    Kevin Fries
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