New Dell Inspiron 9400: From Vista to Fedora/Vista.

[Nat Gross]

On 5/7/07, John Aldrich <john at chattanooga.net> wrote:
> Quoting Nat Gross <nat101l at gmail.com>:
>
> > I just received a new Inspiron 9400 (32 bit dual core chip) with one
> > 100gig (truly 90+gig) drive that is pre installed with Vista on the
> > entire drive, on >1 partitions.
> > I would like to have Fedora on it in a dual boot config.
> > If I have to, I'll reinstall Vista (and free Win software) from scratch.
> >
> > The question is which is the best way of accomplishing this:
> > 1. Boot the Fedora DVD, and have it shrink the Windoz partition, install
> > Fedora.
> > 2. Get a 3rd party partition manager to reduce the partition, then
> > install Fedora.
> > 3. Boot Fedora DVD, wipe out partition, install Fedora and afterwards Vista.
> > 4. Wipe out partition, install Vista and afterwards Fedora.
> >
> > Also key question. Would Fedora 7 differ then FC6 in this scenario?
> >
> Nat:
> I would at least TRY GNU Parted before wiping and reinstalling, as it's a
> non-destructive repartitioning util, similar to Partition Magic. I know it
> works on NTFS partitions, as I used it on an XP machine.
>
Makes sense. If I'm going to wipe it anyhow, might be the ideal moment
to play with Parted!
nat