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| 425953 | 2006-02-01 05:18:00 | Hi, I have a win 2k pro system and am trying to install Fedora 4 on a seperate 8.4 gig Hdd. My system HDD's are formatted in NTFS mode. The 8.4 was formatted by the fedors install. The install apparently went without fault. The win2k system sees the 8.4 HDD but canot read it I cant boot into the 8.4 fedora system. What format type does Fedora need ....FAT..FAT32 or NTFS ? How do I create a dual boot (boot.ini contents ? ). Cheers, Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 425954 | 2006-02-01 05:38:00 | From memory (when I used Fedora 4): I would select manually partition. Then I would create 4 partitions.. 1 for /boot; 1 for /; 1 as swap; and the last for /home. The /boot would be an ext2 filesystem, while / and /home would be ext3. Swap partition doesnt have a filesystem. Make sure that hdb (the 8 gig drive) is the only one selected when doing this. AS for how to load either 2000 or Fedora, the fedora install should also install and configure Grub (the linux boot manager. And no, 2000 will not see Fedora partitions. If you want to share a partition, I suggest you make a seperate fat32 partition so that both O/S's can mount it without too much hassle |
Myth (110) | ||
| 425955 | 2006-02-01 05:41:00 | If you were wanting to know which filing systems FC4 supported, its supports the following: (according to Wikipedia) ext2 ext3 FAT ISO 9660 JFS NFS ReiserFS UDF XFS |
Haze (3028) | ||
| 425956 | 2006-02-01 08:13:00 | Best that it is kept really simple if you are new to Linux. Reinstall Fedora on the second drive, let it do the partitioning automatically. Let it install the boot loader to the MBR and that should be all you need to do to dual boot Windows and Linux. Note, if the 8.4 gig drive is on as secondary master, Linux will call it hdb. Your OS drive (primary master) will be hda. Double check you have selected the correct drive for Linux to use. Linux can read NTFS (and write to but this is not really recommended) and you can set up Fedora to automatically mount (see) that drive, but it is much easier to share a FAT32 partition between the two OSs as already suggested. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 425957 | 2006-02-01 21:38:00 | Thank you all for your help. Jan, I have done all you suggested and the install went (apparently) perfect. However although I formatted the 8.4 Gig HDD as FAT32 win2k can see it but thinks it is not formatted. Neither can I boot from it. I think the problem is a configuration fault. My Pri IDE channel has a 80 Gig master HDD with 2 partitions first is win2k second is data. The 8.4 is a slave to this. My Sec IDE channel is configured exactly the same (as backup) but with the CD-ROM instead of the 8.4 HDD Could boot.ini be the problem ? which contains that below. [boot loader] timeout=10 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Win2K Pro Primary" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Win2K Pro Secondary" /fastdetect Any suggestions are welcome. TIA, Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 425958 | 2006-02-01 23:52:00 | Jen, sorry about wrong spelling on my last post. What is this "install boot loader to MBR" thingy? I assume this happens when you select Auto partition ? If not, how is it done ? Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 425959 | 2006-02-02 00:14:00 | It won't boot to Linux because you haven't given it a Linux bootloader. :D You are still getting the Windows boot loader. You should be getiing the Linux loader (LILO or Grub) which would then let you choose between Windows and Linux. Linux is well behaved. It doesn't do potentially destructive things unless you give it permission. The partitioner just does partitioning, with youir permission. The installer won't install a boot loader without permission when it has seen there is another OS present. Did you read all the screens as the installation proceeded, or just hit Enter each time? ;) You'll be pretty good at installing, by now. Why not do it yet again. This time select "expert" mode. :cool: It should allow you to go straight to the boot options area, and load a bootloader in the MBR of hda. It will sort out what's needed, because you have Fedora installed. Correct, Jen? I've never installed Fedora. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 425960 | 2006-02-02 00:49:00 | Hi, Yes, I read all the screens. Only options I got were for language, keyboard type location and which drive to use, thats it. Nothing about MBR's Watching the install I noticed that the grub thingy was installed (I think, it was mentioned in the information lines underneith the install window). regards, Phil |
jupiter1 (2578) | ||
| 425961 | 2006-02-02 00:52:00 | Aha. Maybe it installed Grub on the MBR of hdb. :D Does your BIOS allow you to select the hard disk to boot from? Try setting it to this secondary hard disk. It might all magically work. :cool: |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 425962 | 2006-02-02 04:48:00 | I think if you read through this Fedora Core 4 Linux Installation Notes ( . net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes . html" target="_blank">stanton-finley . net) website it will make things easier for you . As long as you pick hdb (the 8 . 4 gig drive) for Linux to use, it should be fine . Let it have all the drive so select automatic partitioning and it will sort out swap and your root partition etc . It will format it as ext3 which is a native Linux file system that Fedora uses by default (Windows will not be able to see this format) . It will ask you to install the boot loader (Grub) by default . Let it install the boot loader to the MBR (master boot record) on the hda which is the boot sector on your Win2K drive . I think it will also think ask or let you pick which OS is to be default in the bootloader . It will be this OS that gets booted after X amount of seconds automatically if you don't select the other manually . If any of this is confusing, please just ask for clarification . :) |
Jen (38) | ||
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