hello
this is my first post....am totally new to linux..wanted to know am running windows 2000 professional here on my pc...i wanted to install the fedora 5 on same hard drive and wanted to run both operating system ...as dual boot..
i have 5 partioned of my 80gb drive..
where win2000 is installed on c;
....kindly tell me the steps to install fedora 5 on d drive...i have never installed before so excuse for my skiddish question

i would suggest ubuntu or suse first, i think there easier for persons new to linux

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...tall+dual+boot step by step vid for ubuntu

edit: btw FC5 is not the latest, FC6 is already out if you dont wish to use ubuntu or suse

First, try to free-up some partition. probably the last partition you have.(7-10 GB of space would be good.) Then delete that partition from windows. Reboot, insert the install CD/DVD and boot your PC from it, use "customize partition" option and select that free space to install linux.

Man this is just something I never recommend, its just to easy to hose something on your Windows disk. I know a lot of folks dual boot in this manner with success, but I could never bring myself to do it.

I'd look around on Newegg, Tigerdirect, Dirt Cheap Drives, etc. and get the cheapeast hard drive they have that is compatible with your system (I assume IDE), with at least 20gigs.. For ages I used an 80gig drive for my Linux trials and tribulations, while keeping Linux Windows XP on my 250gig main drive. Since I blasted Windows from my system, Ubuntu resides on my 250gig drive, and the 80gig is now an external backup Its easy to install an internal drive, Keep Linux and Linux data on its own hard drive. No risk of screwing anything up...

http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.newegg.com
http://www.dirtcheapdrives.com

Here's a good deal on an IDE drive..
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...146129&CatId=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144102

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Here is a nice step by step guide though it applies to 64bit Fedora, nonetheless installation is quite similar.
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_5

indy i agree

but then think about how many times an average user reinstalls windows fresh because of something they did being logged as administrator

this will not be any different, but i do as well suggest getting a seperate drive, this way you can bios boot and not mess around with mbr's

A Linux installation is going to want it's own filesystem. Do I understand correctly that you have 5 partitions already? Do they all have data on them? Do you want to keep that data. What size are they?
You probably want to consider having 3-5GB for minimal full working (default install with extra filespace) install and 6-10GB for a really good fool around (default install plus room for adding anything you want to fool with plus room for files) install.
One Windows install and one Linux install are usually added by default to the Linux bootloader giving you the choice to start either system.
Here is a website that has screenshots of Linux installations.

Now Usually, I would go ahead and install grub on the MBR of my Windows disk, never had a prob with that. If I needed to remove it, etc (which I did many times...)...

I'd just boot my windows disk, press R for a repair install.

Then at the prompts...
fixmbr
fixboot

This would clear the mbr and 1st boot sector, and would erase grub/lilo.

IGF

really great replies from all of u.....helps me alot to understand
at damncommon
yes i do have other drives with data in it..i can clean a 17gb drive of mine for this linux only...so what should i do delete all data from it..format partiton in windows...and then boot with linux dvd and install on that partition will work ok .....let know
thankx again to all

First, take normal precautions before installing Fedora. Its a great distro, but one of the ones I've had problems installng in the past. Do a little research on Grub Error 17, and the FIXMBR and FixBOOT DOS commands(note, you'll need a Windows XP disk to run these commands)

If you have a 17gig drive that you can clear and use exclusively for Fedora, that is the way to go if you ask me. 17gigs should be plenty. By the way, Why not Fedora Core 6? Its on its stable release, and probably has more updated software than FC5.

After you've backed up your data to another drive and there's no fear of anything on the drive being lost. Put the Fedora CD/DVD in, and restart. Assuming your BIOS is set to boot from the CD/DVD drive first, it will load the Fedora installer, and walk you through the process.

When its time to set up the install, simply choose the drive that you emptied for Fedora, and I believe you choose to do a "take over" install. The installer will then show you how it will format the drive, usually with about a 1gig swap partition, and the rest dedicated to file storage. Choose to accept the changes, and the installer pretty much does the rest.

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Thats a cool video on the Ubuntu install. I've saw other videos he's done on Ubuntu on Youtube

I'd recommend Ubuntu 6.10 over FC5/6 any day, but thats just me. Synaptic is just so much easier to use than Yum when it comes to installing software.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...tall+dual+boot

Another Ubuntu install walk through, I dont know if its as well done as the other one, as I just started watching it. The beginning is funny though, when they go over, "what you need".. one of them is "A computer you're not afraid to Hose, seriously, we're gonna hose it"..

It must be an old version of Ubuntu they are installing though, as the installer is different than any I've saw, or maybe its the alternate install CD, as I've never used it....

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