[TOW-fixxxer]

Ok i just built an AMD64, machine only cost me $350 but I want to install a dualboot with fedora linux core 3 with AMD64 support and dual boot it with windows XP.....like many computer users am a bit of a linux noob although ive worked in linux many of times never acctually had to install it! For now I am using a 80gig hard drive it still has a copy of windows 98se but becuase I am trying to figure out how to install fedora im not reformatting yet because regardless i need 10 gigs of the data on there, I have all my iso's burned on cd's but because i have room im trying to do the installation off my hard drive because I have the ISO's on the hard drive...... now here are my 3 questions please use the numbers when answering them...

1. What kind of partition does your hard drive need for linux.(prolly gives away i have no idea waht im doing)
2. after i choose my ISO folder and select Disk 1.iso i get the error "Failed to mount Driver Disk." I also get this when i try tthe cd install...
3. When going for a dual boot should I install linux first or windows?!

P.S. I would like to take the time now to thank everyone who has read and gave me an opinoin on this and took the time to read it so Thank you ahead of time to everyone in the TSG forum !

[debunkcia]

http://fedora.lsu.edu/install.php
check out this site, there is a how to install link on the left about half way down
send me a private message and tell me how well it helps you install linux. i'm a noob to and have been trying to figure out how to instal linux. have ahd 3 failed installs. so let me know

[TOW-fixxxer]

Originally Posted by debunkcia

http://fedora.lsu.edu/install.php
check out this site, there is a how to install link on the left about half way down
send me a private message and tell me how well it helps you install linux. i'm a noob to and have been trying to figure out how to instal linux. have ahd 3 failed installs. so let me know

I did it wasnt much help cuz i have no idea what the error message is referring too thats more or less the big problem!

[debunkcia]

how do you copy the iso to cd? specifics..... the first time i tried to instal linux i got an error message along those lines. use record now and choose the option of make an image of an iso presently on hardrive. did that aticle tell you how to partition the hardrive for linux? i have a copy of partition magic and i plan to use it to set up for linux but haven't gotten the details yet.

[TOW-fixxxer]

well i used burn at once and just burned it but for the way im doing uit now i am doing it off the hard drive i have all 4 iso's on my hard drive and im still getting that error it didnt say waht kind of partition on that site, im using a fat32 as of now but i need to know what type of partition and I dont know what the heck the error message means but im still browsing that site!

[debunkcia]

yeah, everywhere i've gone so far hasn't been to clear on setting up the partitions, suppposedly there are supposed to be multiple partitions. i dunno, but i do know that when you burn the iso's you can't just simply copy to cd you have to create an image onto the cd, usually a clear cut option in your recording utility.

[TOW-fixxxer]

Originally Posted by debunkcia

yeah, everywhere i've gone so far hasn't been to clear on setting up the partitions, suppposedly there are supposed to be multiple partitions. i dunno, but i do know that when you burn the iso's you can't just simply copy to cd you have to create an image onto the cd, usually a clear cut option in your recording utility.

well burnatonce did it write because when i looked into the CD in windows Explorer it showed like an acctuall cd not just Disk_1.iso u know like in data form but in acctual folders and stuff so yeah it worked but i have no idea what driver diosk it wants becuase it says unable to mount drivers, do i need a copy of red hat or something?!

[TOW-fixxxer]

Well this is what I did i got Slax Live cd and I ran slax and everything works ok... It says you can install slax from the live CD and i tired it, but now i cant get ionto windows lol, Currently im downloading FreeBSD because it offers AMD64 support so i guess my main question is now how do you make a dual or even a triple boot (incase i get fedora working) with 2 linux cores and windows XP what would be the best way of doing this!?!?!

[slackbilly]

You need to install windows first. If you don't, windows will overwrite your master boot record and like before, except opposite, you will not be able to access linux.

First, you need to partition. You can just install windows first, but it maight be hard later. Most linux distros have a disk partitioning tool. Go through an install, such as fedora, and at the begginning somewhere should be a patitioner. You need to make: A "swap" partition. This should be somewhere around twice the size of your physical RAM. Let's say that it's 1 gig. You need to make a windows partition to your desiring (NTFS). And, two linux partitions (ext3, reiserfs, ext2, whatever).

Example:

/dev/hda1= linux swap, size, 1GB

/dev/hda2 = ext3 (fedora), size 30 GB

/dev/hda3 = reiserfs (BSD), size 30 GB

/dev/hda4 = NTFS (winblows XP), size 20 GB

NOTE: I'm not sure if BSD has reiserfs

Pop in fedora cd or something, find partition tool, Make partitions, and don't forgwet to write them to your hard drive. Install windows, but don't let it take your whole hard drive, be sure to install it to your windows partition (/dev/hda4). Windows will most likely format it to NTFS for you, so in the partition tool, you just format it as something else. After that, install other OS's to their respective partitions.

You now need a boot loader. A boot lodaer installs to the first aprt of your hard drive and lets you choose which OS to load. Lilo or Grub are two common ones. Fedora should install this relatively automatically. Whichever linux you install last will be the one that installed the boot loader. if it doesn't happen automatically, you will need to modify your /etc/lilo.conf or something for the boot loader to load your windows and stuff.

You can always post back, as long as this site mails me that you have. Check out linuxquestions.org. Hop on the newb forum.

happy hunting,

slackwarebilly