[Lincs] NewB Question: Ease of Partitioning for dual boot XP/Fedora 8

[Thomas]

Obviously, if you do partition your hard drive, Philips advice should
only be taken as long as you don't hold him accountable if errors were
to occur.

On 30/12/2007, Philip Newborough <mail at philipnewborough.co.uk> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2007 7:33 PM, Bob Stoner <bob.stoner at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
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> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
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> >
> > 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 J.
> >
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> > Thanks for being able to help NewBs.
> >
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> > Cheers
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> >
> > Bob
>
> Hi Bob
>
> Do you know the name of the disk partitioner provided by Fedora? If
> it's GParted, you should be able to use the tool to non-destructively
> resize your NTFS partition and then use the free space for your Linux
> installation. No need to partition the free space before running the
> install as it will/should do it for you.
>
> Cheers
>
> Philip
>
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Thomas Knowles