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</style></head><body lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">Bob<br>I didn't know if fedora will allow you to do what you want, but ubuntu would. Give it a try. I swtched from windows about 6 month ago and have had no problems what so ever.<br>Regards<br>Cliff </span><br><br><hr><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Bob Stoner <bob.stoner@btinternet.com></span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">30 December 2007 19:33</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">lincs@mailman.lug.org.uk</span><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">[Lincs] NewB Question: Ease of Partitioning for dual boot XP/Fedora 8</span><br><br><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Please let me set the scene: my son has just installed Fedora 8 onto his PC. I am taken by the sheer simplicity of Linux. I have XP loaded on my older PC. I have checked the Partition through Disk Management and found that I have 7.8GB as Backup on FAT32 and 178GB under NTFS. I would like to first partition the drive to allow Linux to be loaded and then have the ability to dual boot the system. I already run FireFox and Thunderbird to give me the ability to use cross-platform applications. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial">Can I use the partitioner within the Fedora setup to complete the partition required? I am unable to go the full hog at present due to the compatibility issues with the School I work for.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial">If you are able to offer a response, may I please politely ask that you recall what is was like as a NewB so many, many years ago </span></font><font size="2" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">J</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Thanks for being able to help NewBs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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font-family:Arial">Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></HTML>