Fedora Installation

[Stuart Sears]

On Tuesday 26 Oct 2004 21:54, Weston Monroe wrote:
> I am considering installing Fedora on my IBM ThinkPad T42p. I would want
> to do a duel boot with Windows. My HD is formatted using the NTFS and I
> read that Linux needs FAT. Will Fedora automatically partition and
> convert the necessary space to FAT. Also, should I install core 2 or 3?
> Thanks so much. I am really new to linux
Fedora does not use FAT filesystems under normal circumstances - it will use 
its own filesystems (ext3 by default).
Before you can install Fedora alongside Windows you will need to find or 
create some free (unpartitioned) space on your hard disk for it to use.
You will probably  need to use a third-party partitioning tool (e.g. Partition 
Magic, Ranish Partition Manager, or something similar) to shrink your 
existing Windows partition to make space for Fedora.
Personally I would wait for a week or so to install Fedora Core 3 (officially 
due out on November 8th) but if you can't wait for it, FC2 is very stable and 
reliable.

Regards

Stuart
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