Partition

[Nihir]

Hello All,

I need help regarding partition my drive in NTFS format. I am new to fedora and so dont know from where or how to do that.

Operating system currently using - Fedora.
So, if anyone can tell me how to partition my drive in NTFS format as i want to install dual OS.

Thank you,
Regards.

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

Boot up Fedora and open Terminal/Konsole. Execute this

su -
fdisk -l

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l.

[Nihir]

Thank you DevilsCasper for the help.

I have attached screenshot as i cant post URL..

Hope to see ur reply soon.

[karthik_kce]

Do the following steps...

#fdisk /dev/de-0

create a new partition, according to ur size
save and write to the partition table.

Run the command " partprobe " to make it online.

Format the partition with ntfs type.

mount that partition to your local folder

[devils casper]

Two problems :

* You have seletect default settings in Partition section during Fedora Installation. Installer has created LVM and its not easy to shrink LVM. None of the Partition Manager support LVM and you have to execute a few commands in Terminal to shrink and create new partition. This is not a problem actually. Its a bit tricky to manage LVM.

* If you install Windows OS after Linux, Windows OS doesn't boot up at all in a few machines. Its a GRUB/BIOS compatibility problem.

Boot up from Windows Installation CD, does it work fine or stuck at Hardware detection phase?

[Nihir]

Do the following steps...

#fdisk /dev/de-0

create a new partition, according to ur size
save and write to the partition table.

Run the command " partprobe " to make it online.

Format the partition with ntfs type.

mount that partition to your local folder

I tried the command that you gave but it didnt work. It doesnt generate anything for me.

Two problems :

* You have seletect default settings in Partition section during Fedora Installation. Installer has created LVM and its not easy to shrink LVM. None of the Partition Manager support LVM and you have to execute a few commands in Terminal to shrink and create new partition. This is not a problem actually. Its a bit tricky to manage LVM.

* If you install Windows OS after Linux, Windows OS doesn't boot up at all in a few machines. Its a GRUB/BIOS compatibility problem.

Boot up from Windows Installation CD, does it work fine or stuck at Hardware detection phase?

I was trying to Install Vista Business but it gave me error saying that i dont have my drive in NTFS format. I dont think i have gone to another step of hardware detection.

So, for now... I just want to create my drive into NTFS format.

Is it possible to use programs like Gparted and ntfsprogs to make it work.

[devils casper]

Is it possible to use programs like Gparted and ntfsprogs to make it work.

As I mentioned earlier, none of Partition Manager support LVMs.

Check this tutorial to shrink LVM and create new partition.

[Nihir]

Thank you for the tutorial.

but i didnt understood much of it.. I have to start typing those codes in terminal or i have to do something else before it.

I dont know wht to do so i just started typing code in terminal as i dont know wht does first step means...

so the command in second step, it gives me error: "Running as non - root user. Functionality may be unavailable." though i am the only root user and login everytime.

[devils casper]

Which version of Fedora are you using?

[Nihir]

Which version of Fedora are you using?

i am using the latest version of fedora. Fedora 11.