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Hi All, I have FC9 running and up on my system, been using it for few months. However I have an empty partition existing where I want to install windows ...
  1. 03-01-2009 #1
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    Hi All,

    I have FC9 running and up on my system, been using it for few months. However I have an empty partition existing where I want to install windows XP. Is it possible? And if so please would there be any guide for the same.

    Please advise. Its urgent.

    Thanks and regards,
    Raziya
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    Is it a Primary Partition? Its not possible to install Windows OS in Logical Partition without extra efforts. Sometimes it doesn't work at all. Post the partition structure of your Harddisk here.
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fdisk -l
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    [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

    Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x0009a4fc

    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16
    /dev/sda2 262 1566 10482412+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda3 19414 19457 353430 12 Compaq diagnostics
    /dev/sda4 1567 19413 143356027+ 5 Extended
    /dev/sda5 1567 13054 92277328+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda6 13055 13315 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris

    Partition table entries are not in disk order
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    None of partition has enough space to install Windows OS. Are you planning to create new partition?
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    when we were installing FC9 we had cretaed partitions and left 100GB for windows... how do i see that now? is it not listed above? against FAT32?
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    /dev/sda4 1567 19413 143356027+ 5 Extended
    /dev/sda5 1567 13054 92277328+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda6 13055 13315 2096451 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    There is unpartitioned free space ( 13316 to 19413 ) inside Extended Partition.

    Execute this
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    [raziya@localhost mucc]$ df -h
    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda2 9.9G 4.7G 4.7G 50% /
    /dev/sda5 87G 36G 48G 43% /home
    tmpfs 1009M 168K 1009M 1% /dev/shm
    gvfs-fuse-daemon 9.9G 4.7G 4.7G 50% /home/raziya/.gvfs
    /dev/sda1 2.0G 26M 2.0G 2% /media/PCDOS_7
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    As Devils Casper said, it is extremely difficult to install windows on a logical partition. If you have another version of windows on a primary it is not that difficult, unfortunately, that is not the case here. I'm posting a link below that explains how this can be done, scroll down to post #12 at this link:

    GParted forum / Quad boot

    Haven't tried this myself and don't think I'd want to. You might be better off creating another logical and moving your Linux partition there.
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