Taking the plunge

[lightsareout]

this afternoon after class i'm going to install fedora dual boot with xp. Now do i create the new partition using partition magic and then format the the /, /home, and swap using the fedora install disk? and if so what structure do i format the partition to with partition magic.

Thanks

[bob]

Good for you! You might want to check out this How-To: http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=92701 And, I use Ext3 for my installs.

[markkuk]

Don't create any partitions in Partition Magic, only resize the Windows partition to create unpartitioned space for Linux installation. The Fedora installer takes care of creating and formatting Linux partitions.

[lightsareout]

i'm posting from fedora 7 right now! thanks for your help, it was way easier than i thought it would be

[bob]

Great! Glad to hear you nailed it.