Both Win XP SP2 & FC3 detected no HDD (Acer Travelmate6291-100512

[Yunus]

> On Tuesday 07 August 2007 03:04:58 Yunus wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just purchased Laptop Acer Travelmate 6291 :
>>
>> Linpus Linux works fine.
>> I would like to install WinXP SP2 & FC3 (dual OS). When i tried to 
>> install
>> WinXP, but it reported that there was no HDD. I tried to install FC3 too
>> but it reported the same problem.
>>
>> Could anyone help please.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> yunus
>
> Windows is reporting no HD because it does not understand the EXT2 or EXT3
> file system. What you need to do is down load a live distro or the cd 
> version
> of Gparted, boot up with it and make some space on the hard drive. If you
> really want m$ xp and Fedora then install xp first then install Fedora. By
> the way FC3 is a bit out of date why not FC 6 or F7?. Before you do any of
> that make a note of the hard ware manufacturers, network chips, blue tooth
> and web cam chips.
>
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Thanks for your help, John.
I will try it.

yunus