Windows install disc can't see my FC4 partitions

Ken Schutte kschutte at csail.mit.edu
Tue Nov 1 06:19:33 UTC 2005


I need to setup a dual boot system on my x40 Thinkpad laptop.  I've done 
it without problems before, but this time I have FC4 installed first, 
and now want to add a Windows XP partition.  On intial FC4 setup, I used 
disk druid and kept some open space, then later used qtparted in knoppix 
to create an NTFS partition.  Currently fdisk -l shows:

Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hda2              14        3582    28667992+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3            3583        3647      522112+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda4            3648        4864     9775552+   7  HPFS/NTFS

When I try to boot from a Windows XP disc to install Windows, it quickly 
flashes some text saying something like "please wait while checks your 
system...", then the screen is blank and nothing happens and I have to 
just reset.  Should I be able to boot and install from a WinXP disc 
given that partition table?

Sorry if this it a bit of a windows question, but all these partions 
were created in linux, so maybe somebody could help.

Thanks!
Ken




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