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! :) ).
i could be completely wrong here, but my understanding was that the partition problem with fc2 was caused by sharing a single hard drive between windoze and fc2... (somebody, please correct me if i'm wrong about that). so, if you've got it on a separate drive, i don't think that'll be a problem... > > 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 don't immediately see anything wrong with that... although, at installfests, normally there are people who want a fat partition that's readable by both windoze and linux... so, you might consider that... > > 3. Online it said that /boot should not be an LVM partition. What should it > be? no idea... sorry... > > 4. I assume ext3 is the filesystem I should use except for swap which would > be swap. Is this correct? that's what i use... it depends on what you want, from what i've heard. if you're a newbie, i'd stick with ext3 though... > > 5. Which is preferred, LILO or GRUB? i like grub. it's very nice, and from what i can tell, most people on the list use grub, so you'll get better help if you use it. good luck on everything! i hope it all goes well... :) -- Erin Sharmahd [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS Student Unix Users Group PGP Fingerprint: F352 FF41 EA0A 67E4 566B 3B5B E65A D3DC 083E 9336
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