Re: dual boot with xp on same drive
- From: Douglas Mayne <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:06:21 -0700
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:24:59 +0000, popkjo wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 18:49:24 +0000, popkjo@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>i would like to install linux (i have downloaded fedora and burnt to
>>cd) on the same hard drive as what i currently have xp pro on.
>>
>> i have two partitions currently, 1 for os (xp) and the second for
>>data.
>>
>>i have partition magic to create a new partition. i have 15 Gb spare
>>on partition 1 where i would like to put linux.
>>
>>can anyone give me the steps involved install on this new, yet to be
>>created partition and be able to choose which os when booting up.
>>
>>thanks
>
> can anyone help?
>
Caveat: I am not running XP. I am not running Fedora.
Fedora has a complete set of help documentation which you should review to
understand what the steps and final goal of the installation.
This is the link for FC4:
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/
Study the documentation for the version of Fedora you will be
installing.
In general, you would proceed as follows:
1. Backup your Windows partitions.
2. Decide if you need to resize parititions. If all of the disc is
allocated to Windows partitions, then you will either need to resize,
recreate, remove, or avoid touching Windows.
Option A: Resize windows partitions. "Partition Magic" is probably the
leader in Windows tools for resizing partitions. It works by
consolidating free space and moving data as necessary to fit on a smaller
partition. It has worked for me, but it is not free (about $50 when
bundled with Ghost.) When resizing, plan how much space you want to
allocate for each OS. You say you have 15G free; therefore, you
might assign 14G for the Fedora install. That will give you some working
room on your new OS, and very little for changes on XP.
Option B: Recreate windows from a backup. This might be fastest if you are
competent and have a good backup/restore procedure. There are a lot of
"gothas" with this route, so only choose this option if you really know
what you're doing. First, take a snapshot backup of your drive. The
method I use is ntfsclone, a linux utility. Unfortunately, you can't
run linux utilities until you're running linux (catch 22).
Another tool is drivesnapshot, http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/index.htm
Option C: Remove windows (Best of all!). Go for it. Then, if you
should need to refer to any of the old data, you can "mount" your
backup under linux. This is possible with ntfsclone image files.
Option D: Avoid touching windows (leaves fingerprints ;-)). Buy a
separate disc drive dedicated entirely to linux and do not touch your
Windows install.
BTW, I have heard some recent versions of SuSE linux can do the partition
resizing for you as part of the installation process. This may or may not
be true for the version of FC you are installing. Caution: refer to "Step
1." above.
When you have free space on your disc, then you can add partitions.
Depending upon what your plan is with Windows, you should consider
reserving partition 1 for Windows, that is, if you are keeping it.
Here is one option for you paritioning scheme:
Partition Size For
1 x? XP
2 y? XP Data
3 13.2G FC (linux root)
4 0.8G FC (linux swap)
With that plan in mind, begin the Fedora install. Keep in mind the basic
rules for disc partitioning (in the PC world):
1. There can be a maximum of 4 primary partitions.
2. Windows likes to be on partition 1
3. A primary partition can be assigned to be an "extended partition."
4. An extended partiton can contain more partition entries (not limited
to 4). Partitions within the extended partition are referred to as
"logical partitions."
--
Douglas Mayne
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