partitioning problems when trying to install Fedora Core 3

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 03:18:38PM -0500, Simon Tonekham wrote:
> Another friend of mine told me - from a message board, that I have to 
> create the linux partitions manually, when I'm in the partitioning 
> phase.This is what I want Linux to have on my 13.42GB worth of 
> unallocated space:
> 
> /dev/hdb1 - boot: (don't know, please specify reconmended amount)
> /dev/hdb2 - root: 12.91GB
> /dev/hdb3 - swap: 512MB

There is no need for a seperate /boot on any modern PC.  Only back when
there was trouble with 512, 2G or 8G drives did you really need one when
using a drive larger than that.  Any machine built in the last 5 years
should certainly work fine without it (heck my 1992 486 with a 95 BIOS
works with drives up to 137G without a /boot)

Just / and swap is fine.

> I've already created a 14.52GB to share files between the two operating 
> systems such as Windows XP Pro and Fedora Core 3 Linux. The problem is, 
> where and how can I create those partitions when I'm in the manual 
> installation phase of my installation?
> 
> If you have any questions, comments and/or suggestions, please do not 
> hesistate to do so. Thank you.

Lennart Sorensen
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