<html><div style='background-color:'><P>>From: John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg@public.gmane.org> </P>
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<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
<DIV></DIV>>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [TLUG]: Re: Fedora dual boot
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:01:05 -0500
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<DIV></DIV>>The installer will give you a few options as to where you want to put
<DIV></DIV>>it. Generally in a dual boot you want to pick the MBR on hda. The Fedora
<DIV></DIV>>installer has all the tools necessary to partition and format the second
<DIV></DIV>>drive for you. When the formatting question comes up during the install,
<DIV></DIV>>select 'Custom'. You would be wise to avoid Partition Magic if you can.
<DIV></DIV>>Its been my experience that the Linux installer can balk if P.M. has
<DIV></DIV>>been used. The purpose of the FAT 32 partition is that Linux can not
<DIV></DIV>>write to NTFS and WinXP can't see your Linux install, but they both can
<DIV></DIV>>read / write to a FAT 32 partition. Therefore creating one gives you a
<DIV></DIV>>shared workspace.
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<DIV></DIV>>John
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<DIV>One more question that i'm concerned of, The problem is, if I'm not comfortable on having Linux on my system, how do I remove the shared partition (the FAT32 partition) and the GRUB boot loader that goes with it? How do I restore my system back to it's original state after removing Linux off my system? </DIV>
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<DIV>Simon</DIV>
<DIV>A future linux user</DIV></DIV></div></html>
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