Re: FC5 and WinXP

[Jim Cornette <fc-cornette insight rr com>]

Russell Golden wrote:
> Has anyone tested whether Fedora Core 5 and Windows XP can be on the 
> same disk? I know you can't do it with FC4.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russell Golden

Windows is set to take all of the disk coming from the computer vendor. 
It is possible to run Linux and Windows using one hard drive and has 
been possible for a very long time.

Windows needs to use less of the space on the hard disk to allow for 
Linux to be able to use the unallocated space.

Both systems use different file systems and other than umdos, I believe, 
they need different partitons set aside for each operating system.

There are disk partitioning tools for both Windows use and for Linux 
use. Check for Windows partitioning tools or find a Linux distribution 
that can run for disk that has Linux partitioning tools.

After you shrink the Windows allocation for disk space, Linux will setup 
the unpartitioned space and even attempt to add a menu choice to boot 
the other OS.

Jim