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Dual Booting Fedora 19

This document provides instructions for dual booting Windows XP and Fedora 19 on the same computer. It outlines 3 basic steps: 1) Defragment the Windows hard disk, 2) Create free space by shrinking the Windows partition using GParted software on a bootable USB, and 3) Install Fedora Linux, selecting the free space for installation. Backups are strongly recommended in case something goes wrong in the process. Keyboard layouts, installation options, and creating a user account are also covered.

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Dual Booting Fedora 19

This document provides instructions for dual booting Windows XP and Fedora 19 on the same computer. It outlines 3 basic steps: 1) Defragment the Windows hard disk, 2) Create free space by shrinking the Windows partition using GParted software on a bootable USB, and 3) Install Fedora Linux, selecting the free space for installation. Backups are strongly recommended in case something goes wrong in the process. Keyboard layouts, installation options, and creating a user account are also covered.

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Dual booting Windows XP and Fedora 19

What follows in this document is but one way of setting up a dual boot system in
order for you to have access to Windows and Linux on the same machine. It is
suggested that you read more using Google before you attempt this. One such
source is at http://broexperts.com/dual-boot-installation-windows-7-and-fedora-19/.
Bear in mind that the screens shown may differ from what you see on your system.
Although suggestions are made in the document about backing up your machine,
you may also consider cloning it. Both Windows 7 and 10 have the capability to
make images of partitions, which when restored, can have your system up and
running in a comparatively short time. There are also very good open source
software that you may use complete the process.

Dual booting a computer is generally a safe procedure. However, it could all go


wrong, and data could go missing. Please make sure that you have the original
disks for your Windows (and any other software) installation in case you need to
reinstall. Also, make sure that all your data is backed up. We do not guarantee that
the process will work without problems, and take no responsibility should you lose
files or data in the process. You do this at your own risk.

There are 3 basic steps that have to be performed:

1. Defragment your current hard disk.


2. Create some free space.
3. Install Linux.

Note: Text in italics refers to the text you will find on the screen.

Note about keyboards: You will be asked if you have a US or UK English keyboard.
Look at the two keyboards below to help you decide; look specifically at where the #
key is situated.

UK English keyboard layout

US English keyboard layout


Defragment the hard disk

Read the section on Dual booting in the Exploring Common Installation Topics in
Chapter 12 before continuing, especially the Caution on page 205, as well as the
section on removing the swap file, defragmenting, and then enabling it again.

Also, make sure that you have backed up all your important files in case something
goes wrong in the process of setting up the dual boot. Then, boot into safe mode
(press F8 when booting), and run Disk Defragmenter. You are aiming to get some
free space at the end of your disk that you can use to install Linux.

Free space at the


end of the disk

If you want to get this type of graphical view of your disk in Windows 7 (and above,
have a look at Microsofts DiskView tool.

Create some free space

You need to shrink your Windows partition to make space for Linux. Although it can
be done as part of the installation process, this does not always work, and so an
alternative method is provided. This method uses a Linux program (the Gnome
Partition Editor GParted) to do it, although you need to get it onto a bootable USB
disk first, and make sure that your computer will boot from the USB drive.

It is also a good idea to look through the GParted manual at


http://gparted.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=help-manual. You can also go
to http://gparted.sourceforge.net/faq.php to see the FAQ section.

1. Go to tuxboot.org/download and download the latest version to your Windows


computer. It downloads an .exe file.
2. Insert a flash disk into a USB port on your computer.
3. Double-click on the downloaded Tuxboot file to run it.
4. The online distribution option is selected for you; if you want to can download an
ISO and use the second option. Select the gparted-live-stable application.

5. Ensure that USB Drive is selected at Type, and that the drive letter is correct.
Then click OK.
6. The files will be downloaded, extracted, copied, and the bootloader installed on
the USB disk. If you are planning to install Linux onto the same computer you
are currently working on, then you can reboot immediately; otherwise, just exit.
7. Insert the USB disk into the computer on which you want to resize the Windows
partition, and restart the computer, booting from the USB disk.
8. Select GParted Live. Wait for it to start.
9. Leave the selection as Dont touch keymap, press Tab to go to Ok, and press
<Enter>.
10. Enter the language of your keyboard it will probably be British English or US
English. Press <Enter>.
11. Press <Enter> to select the default [0] option (which runs the graphical
interface).
12. Select the partition that you want to split it will probably be /dev/sda1 (if you
have only one main partition). If there are other partitions, make sure that you
select the correct one to partition.
13. Click the Resize/Move button.
14. Select a new size (in MB) for the current Windows partition. Give yourself about
50 GB for the Linux partition so make the new size of the partition about
50 000 MB smaller than it is at the moment. The size of the new partition will be
displayed in the Free space following box. (You can leave the Free space
preceding at 0.) There is also a graphical display at the top of the dialog box
showing you how much space is being set aside for the new partition.
15. Click Resize/Move button at the bottom right of the dialog box.
16. You should now see two partitions displayed: the current Windows partitions
(probably and ntfs file system), and an unallocated partition. It is this
unallocated partition that we will use for the Linux installation. You can also see
now the size of your new partition check that it is around the size you wanted,
for example, around 50 GB
17. Click Apply.
18. Are you sure? Click Apply.
19. Wait for the operation to complete successfully.
20. Click Close.
21. You have now created two partitions. Double-click Exit on the desktop to exit.
22. Choose Reboot, the click OK. The people at GParted suggest that after
resizing, boot into Windows twice to allow Windows to perform its checking
operations.
23. You can remove the USB disk so that the system does not reboot into the
GParted environment.

Install Fedora

1. Boot from the installation DVD.


2. Select Install Fedora 19. Press Enter.
3. Wait for the installation to load.
4. Choose an installation language. As these instructions are in English, I suggest
that you go with English (United States) or English (United Kingdom). You could
even choose Afrikaans, Sesotho Sa Leboa/Northern Sotho, or IsiZulu/Zulu if you
want. Click Continue.
5. Set up your network connection. You can simply click Continue to go past this if
you want.
6. Set up localization.
a. Click on DATE & TIME
i. Choose your location: either choose your region and city, or simply click
on your location on the map. If you are in South Africa, choose Africa as
the Region and Johannesburg as your city. Also, check that the date and
time are correctly set.
ii. Click Done.
b. Click on KEYBOARD
i. Select the type of keyboard, and click Done. There is a small keyboard
image near the bottom of the screen. You can click on it to get an image
of the selected keyboard so that you can check that you are selecting the
correct keyboard layout.
c. Language support should indicate the language you chose earlier. You can
change it here if you want to.
7. Set up software.
a. The installation source should be correctly identified as the CD/DVD drive.
b. Under software selection, you can choose which desktop you want to use
GNOME is the default, and it is suggested that you leave it as that. There
are some add-ons that you can select as well. Check the box next to
Administration tools and any others that you may be interested in. You will
learn later how to install more software if you want it, so do not select
everything here. Click Done when you are ready to move on.
8. Set up storage.
a. Click on Installation Destination.
b. Select the disk onto which you want to install Fedora selected you should
get a tick icon indicating that you have selected the disk. Note that the disk
may already have a tick icon on it. Click Done.
c. Now you get to installation options. You should be told that you have around
50 GB free space (or whatever you selected when you partitioned your hard
disk) in which to install Fedora.
d. You can leave the default selection that will do an automatic configuration.
e. You need to choose a partition scheme. If you are planning to use this
Fedora installation as your normal operating system (and not just for learning
Linux for this module), then select LVM. If you are simply installing Linux for
learning purposes, you can select Standard Partition. You can read up more
about LVM in chapter 12.
f. Click Continue.
9. Click Begin Installation. Sort out the root password problem in the meantime.
10. Set user settings.
a. Click on ROOT PASSWORD.
i. Enter and confirm the root password. Remember to use something that
you can remember. I just used password as this is not meant to be a
secure system.
ii. Click Done. If you have chosen a really simple password, you will get a
warning message at the bottom of the screen. Click Done again to use
your password anyway.
b. Click on USER CREATION.
i. Set yourself up as a user.
11. Wait for the software to be installed.
12. Once Fedora has completely installed, click Reboot to restart the computer.
13. You should get a GRUB Boot Menu that allows you to choose which operating
system (Windows or Linux) to boot into. Boot into Fedora. Note that if you wait
too long to make a selection, you will be booted into Fedora automatically. If
you read further in Chapter 12, you will see how you can change these settings.
14. Log in to start using Fedora.
15. Click through the initial login screens, providing the information required.

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