On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 01:22:44PM -0700, David Darrough wrote: > 1. Are there any problems with a dual boot install of Fedora Core 3 that I > should know about that might cause me to have issues getting into my WinXP > partition/system? I know that Fedora Core 2 had a "hard disk geometry" > problem and frankly, I don't want to deal with anything like that during > finals if it might be a problem even if the solution is fairly simple. I'm > hoping for a clean install or the ability to simply flatten my 2nd hard > drive and be right back to running WinXP (sorry for offending anyone! :) ).
Yes there is a known problem with the 2.6 kernel, don't remember what it is, someone else on the list may be able to help here. > 2. If I use 30 GB total for Fedora Core 3 I was thinking a 2 GB swap, 128 MB > /boot, and what's left of the 28 GB for everything else. Does this sound > good? I would split your everything else catergory to 5-10 Gb for '/' (root) and the rest for '/home'. That way your "important" data is logically isolated (if it's important enough, make regular backups) and most importantly, doesn't live on the same partition as your distro, which for some reason or another you may want to clobber someday. > 3. Online it said that /boot should not be an LVM partition. What should it > be? A primary partition; I think this is a suggestion for older hardware. If your BIOS is old enough, it won't be able to read outside of 1024 Mb, that is if you're planning on using grub to boot windows as well as fedora, otherwise it shouldn't matter. > 4. I assume ext3 is the filesystem I should use except for swap which would > be swap. Is this correct? You can use whatever filesystem you want, but you swap has to be swap. > 5. Which is preferred, LILO or GRUB? Anaconda only has GrUB, but either one is good. If you really want LiLo, you can install it later. > Is there anyone available today who might give me their phone number in case > I run into a question and can't get online. I hope not to use it but it's > always nice knowing someone may be able to answer a quick question or two on > the phone. If so, just email me off-list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The best place would be IRC if you can get to it, that way you get the group expertise. Start up an IRC client and point it to irc.freenode.net and '/join #utah.' Justin -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/
