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After hearing the virtues of Linux over and over, I'm going to be setting up my rig as a dual-boot with WinXP and Fedora (Core 2). I got a new 120 GB Maxtor hard drive to put it on and didn't know whether it would be better to format the drive with the included software, then run the Fedora installation (which seems a little redundant) or just run the Fedora setup to format and partition the drive. I checked the Fedora docs but it wasn't really clear on what to do.
if your duel booting winxp and fedora... fitrst defrag winxp....
personally i like setting the pasrtisions in windows rthen isntalling linux into the freespace left over.... i would advise using a program like partision magic for this, but it costs money unfortunatally.
im not sure if im right but i think fedora can resize ntfs partisions from its installer.... try that... but kep good backups incase it goes wrong
The new drive wouldn't all just be for Fedora - I was thinking about partitioning it and using the extra space for for large files like my *ahem* music collection and stuff like that. I know I can partition the drive from within the installer, but I just wasn't sure about whether it would be OK to install Fedora without formatting the drive at all (ie, I plug it in, close the case, and start the Fedora install process).
BTW, I've already defragged WinXP, so that's taken care of.
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