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Dual Boot XP and Fedora Core (?)



> There are lots of things on Google that explain 
> installing Linux and Dual Boot with XP.

Yup. Lots.  Best to stick with ones for the distro you want.

> Some of these seem detailed and some seem rather
> opinionated.

Very ;-)

> My goal is to install Fedora Core 4 on
> a Thinkpad that has XP Pro already on it...
> What are the caveats or "watch-out for's"?

Thinkpads have specific APCI issues.
IIRC, FC3/FC4 should be better than most linux for Thinkpad.
Debian/Ubuntu on a T23 has been an adventure, but ifyou can read
this it's working.

> Is there a Web Site that has good installation
> procedure or details that people have grown to 
> respect?

You should plan to re-install windows on the first partition after
partioning -- the re-sizing of NTFS just doesn't happen. I broke
Win2k trying to do that on this box, which was just as well as it
forced me to make this a Linux only laptop and I'm happy. (It's not
my only system, and was new to me with nothing on C: that I cared
about, so not a problem.)

Fedora isn't my preferred distro, so beyond that I'm not helpful .
Maybe someone else will chime in ...

Bill





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