Hey guys, welcome me to the forums :P

Well heres the Thingie. Ages ago i installed RedhAt 9, it ran allright but i had that
freeze problem where my keyboard lights would flash, But that's not the problem this is when i installed RedHat Before i had windows allready installed and when i turned on my pc, the redhat bootloader would come up and my Windows XP wouldn't show, i couldn't fix that problem so i just formated my RedHat Partition and i had to go back to Windows

But now i got Windows XP and Linspire both installed, it's working fine the linspire BootLoader if detecting my Windows XP, But another problem is i don't really like Windows XP:P, so im planning of uninstalling it and Installing Fedora CORE 3

Can someone please explain to me in simple steps how i can get my FC3 to detect my Windows XP?

Fanx, DesyphER

first welcome to LQ

why do u want fedora to detect winxp will ur planning to format it ?

Fanx,

Lol sorry i explained in such a confusing way

Right now i got Linspire installed, frankly i don't like it im more of a redhat d00d

B4 when my Windows wasn't detected i had RecHat 9, Now i downloaded FC3 and i want to install that, my concern is "Will it detect Windows XP?", If it doesn't how can i make it detect Windows XP

oops, 'n my Windows XP is on my primary Partition, im planning on formating Linspire one il be installing Fedora there.

first format linspire
then format ur mbr (master boot record) by either using windows startup disk and typing : fdisk /mbr

or loading winxp cd and enter the recovery console and type : fixmbr

then install fedora and it should detect winxp

Good luck and post any problems u have

Okie dokie, just gimmie a few hours LOL, my mum needs to download some things, then il do it i may as well let her today since i'm gonna get capped tommorow by bigpond ... !!!! !!!!

oh well uncapped net was fun while i had it, i guess il be replying back in a few hours then (eheheheheee):P

Kewl, it's working i guess the problem was RedHat 9 that it wouldn't wanna detect WIndows XP, FC3 Rocks!!

Lol, but just one problem guys how do i get Amsn working, ive downloaded the rpm one for Fedora And it extracted files all over the place :S, i dunno which one to run/how to run it etc, please help me with breif instrcuctions. Im a linux n00b but will to learn

Fanx, DespyhER

glad to hear that it works

gaim comes preinstalled with fedora , it will connect to msn , icq , aol ,...

if u want to install amsn its better to use a package manager like apt or yum as it will take care of the dependancies

http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraHOWTO

ah okay, and how do i install them LOL, i don't know nothing on Linux, how n00bey is that "Not knowing how to install Apps", haha

main installation types in RedHat(should be the same for Fedora)

"rpm --help" "man rpm" "info rpm"

tar.gz file

tar -xzvf

cd directory_created_from_tarfile

./configure

make

su
password

make install

usually.. Be sure to read the README's and INSTALL docs for each software..

oH OH fanx alot man, dw i got the tar.gz one too work i just open the amsn file, when i used the rpm and located it, the amsn wouldn't work

Conclusion,

Fanx for help
RPM'S Suck

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Thanks for reading my posts..