Re: fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system

[Hadders <fedora workingwithit com>]

Hi Don,
 Glad you got it sorted.

Just one thing, glancing at the partition table, I notice you've given 
6GB to swap?!  That's quite a large amount, do you have applications 
that will use all your RAM and then some?

It's just that usually you make swap equal to the size of your RAM, or 
half the size. I have 2GB of RAM and 1GB of swap.


Don Raikes wrote:
> Thanks for everyone's help. 
> I had to re-install fc6 due to some other problems, but now I have the dual boot working.
>
> Windows xp is located at (hd0,0) and fc6 is at (hd0,2).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces redhat com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces redhat com]On Behalf Of Jim Cornette
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:14 PM
> To: For users of Fedora
> Subject: Re: fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system
>
>
> Don Raikes wrote:
>   
> > Ok, the fdisk -l /dev/sda shows:
> >
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/sda1   *         711       17538   135170910    7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/sda2               1         710     5703043+   b  W95 FAT32
> > /dev/sda3           17539       29649    97281607+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sda4           29650       30401     6040440    5  Extended
> > /dev/sda5           29650       30388     5935986   82  Linux swap / Solaris
> >
> > Partition table entries are not in disk order
> >     
>
> I agree with the comment from Scott below. The starting partition is
> /dev/sda2 (1 through 710) but for some reason fdisk wants to call the
> (711 through 17538) /dev/sda1.
>
> This output at least is easier for me than the Partition magic which I
> never used before.
>
> Jim
>
>
>   
> > If I read this correctly your boot(windows partition) is hda1 which grub
> > calls hd0,0 in your grub.conf you are telling grub to boot hd0,1 (which
> > is the #2 partition (hda2 in fdisk language) make the rootnoverify line
> > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > and you should be o.k.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >     
>
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