OptikaliLLusion Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Alright, after reading the guide for dual boot on OCC, I saw that it is for those with two hard drives. Now then, I have one hard drive. One. Uno. Yi. With XP HE on NTFS. I want to install Fedora onto this drive WITHOUT getting rid of Windows XP. How? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 You have to make room. You could use something like Partition Magic to resize the existing partion and let Fedora partition the other part of your drive. I think this will work. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 I tried PM... didn't do jack crap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Is that because you're using the trial version of PM? The trial version is for demonstration purposes only, and as a result, will show you what the full version can do, but wont.. I suggest you get a Mandrake 9.2 or 10.0 CD1 and use DiskDrak to partition your drive. Then quit the installation and install Fedora over the top... Nothing beats DiskDrak, for a free partitioning tool!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Hmm... I like the idea. I just need one ISO correct? And should I just make one new partition (Around 34GB) and then let Fedora do the rest of the stuff (Swap and the file system, ext3 thingy?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_condor_rules Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 i had a few problems with PM aswell but after a few trys i got it to work. does anyone know wheather there is any way to make GRUB load XP pro automatically? cos to get xp to boot i need to select dos in the list then Windows Xp in the next list? any ideas? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Try editing grub.conf... wherever that is. UPDATE: From Mandrake's website: # create partitions # delete partitions # change type of partition # format partitions # assign a mount point ((21/07/99) propose a list of classic mount points and verify the mount point is valid) # mount partitions # resize FAT partitions (preserving data) # resize non-FAT partitions (destroying the data) # clear partition table # auto allocation (useful for install) # write fstab Perhaps I forgot to mention this, but I want to keep my data... any other possibilities? Perhaps something like PM, but free and not destroying data? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 (edited) There are not any linux programs that I know of that will resize an ntfs partition. Thats what your running right, ntfs? Linux can read ntfs but if you write to it you will destroy whatever data is on there. You will have to find a program that will resize ntfs partitions and actually pay for it, or borrow it. PM works amazingly well, you just have to pay for it. Edited June 10, 2004 by andrusk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joost27 Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 in the windows recovery console i believe that you can resize the ntfs pation...try that..anyways once your done resizing then u need to get all 4 .ISOs for fedora...right now i have my 40 GB hdd set up 30GB Windows 10GB Fedora so try that...i also used partition magic...i payed for it...i found it to be handy so i bought it ...but resize and then burn the four ISOs and then install... if u have mandrake it will resize and NTFS partition a little bit...if u want like 4GB to be linux..then install mandrake and then just install fedora on exsisting linux partitions. hope this helps any... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptikaliLLusion Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Alright, I god my hands on PM 8 PRO. So I go ahead and choose Install another OS, do all the jazz for Linux, EXT3, 35 gigs, 1 gig Swap, yeah. So I choose apply, and says I need to restart before it works. So it restarts, does its job, then I restart and boot into my Fedora CD. When I get to the auto partition thing, it says there is only ONE partition!! I chose disk druid, and it gives me the same. So I get out of it, go into Windows, check PM, and it shows nothing other than the NTFS partition! WHY THE **** WON'T THE ****ING THING WORK?????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newport Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 WHY THE **** WON'T THE ****ING THING WORK?????? I would like to buy a vowel! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted June 11, 2004 Posted June 11, 2004 Well, if you got PM working in the end, don't bother with the install new OS option, just resize your existing partition. Make sure it's been defragged so there's loads of free space at the end of the partition. Then shrink the partition down until you have enough room for the other partitions. You then have a smaller NTFS partition, and some unused drive space, unformatted and unallocated. You can then use either PM or DiskDruid to allocate your free space... Hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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