Can't tell which hard drive to install Fedora 13 OS to.

[JD]

On 09/17/2010 01:07 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 09/15/2010 04:35 PM, JD wrote:
>> Do you have PartitionMagic?
>> If so, you can use it to compact both disks, and shrink the
>> partition size (graphically) and leave room for Linux.
>> Should not need more than 8GB for linux and 2GB for swap.
>> If you plan to install a lot of software packages, and have a
>> lot of room for data you will generate under linux, then you
>> have to be the judge of that. It is always good to have 2-4
>> GB of swap space. It is needed in case you want to hibernate
>> linux. Of course swap does not have to be a partition. It can
>> also be a regular Linux file.
>>
>> Once you shrink the partition, the freed up space will be
>> visible to the F13 installer and you can select it from
>> the installer's choices to create a new partion there
>> and mount it as / and format it as your favorite filesystem.
>>
>> If you cannot get a copy of PartitionMagic, there is another
>> way, which is more involved.
>>
> Linux has a number of tools that are preferable to Partition Magic.
> Gparted is an excellent tool. You can get it from
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/, and create a bootable CD/USB.  Gparted
> may also be on the Fedora Live CD, but I'm not sure.
>
> Also note that Anaconda (Fedora installer) should tell you what drive
> Windows is installed on. You should be able to easily dual boot Windows
> and Fedora once Fedora is installed on the second drive.
>
gparted cannot resize ntfs partitions without losing data.
partitionmagic can, without having to back up the partition first.
This is an area that still needs attention within the linux community.