install core 3 on a laptop that has xp already installed

[Richard S. Crawford]

On Friday 28 January 2005 10:21 am, Charles Li flailed at a keyboard and 
produced this:

> I was trying to install core 3, but the installer
> saids not free partition.  The laptop has a 80GB
> harddrive formated by XP, it had around 40GB of free
> space.  What are my options.

It's not sufficient that it have 40GB of free space.  It needs to be 
partitioned properly.  Use a partitioning tool (I like "Partition Magic") to 
create a separate Linux Native (ext2 or ext3) partition for your FC3 
installation.  Once that partition is created, your disks should install FC3 
just fine.  Be careful that you don't overwrite your Windows partition when 
you install it, as I almost did had I not double-checked the options on that 
screen.

I would *very seriously* recommend getting a nice thick book about Fedora Core 
3 (I think Que has a "Fedora Core 3 Bible") which should have a good chapter 
explaining this partitioning thing.  I don't say this to be pedantic or 
condescending; I gather that you're very new to Fedora Core 3, and books such 
as these really helped me figure out what I was doing years ago (back when I 
was using Red Hat 7.2).  If I misunderstand your experience level, I 
apologize. 

-- 
Slainte,
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