Windows XP hard drive to install Fedora9

1. Download Fedora-9-i386-DVD online: Download the DVD version for installation on your hard drive.

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2. Download DOSGRUB. DOSGRUB is an excellent multi-system boot software. The purpose is to start LINUX installation and LINUX startup when booting.

3, hard disk partition. A hard disk space is allocated for the LINUX system under XP. The minimum is 5 GB. In the logical partition of the computer, the last partition of 14GB is selected, and in the "Disk Management", "Delete Logical Partitioner" is separated from the XP file system. 4. Configuration before installation. Configure GRUB and start the LINUX installation. A: Extract vmlinuz and initrd.img from /isolinux in Fedora-9-i386-DVD, put it in the root directory of C drive, and install it by LINUX. B: Extract grub4dos, extract the three files grldr, grub.exe and menu.lst, and put them in the root directory of the C drive. Used to boot from the system for system boot installation and to start LINUX. C: Add GRUB to XP BOOT. Modify C:/boot.ini (this file is a system hidden file, to remove the folder option /view /hide the protected operating system files and display the contents of the system folder, select hidden files and folders /display All files and folders can be seen and modified); add c:\\grldr=GRUB at the end of /boot.ini. In order to boot up, select GRUB D: Modify GRUB. Add a local installation LINUX option. At the end of menu.lst add the following: title Fedora-9-i386 Install kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.img //(This file is extracted to start the installation. hd0,0 means The first area of ​​the first hard disk is also the C area.) E: Remember the location of the Fedora-9-i386-DVD system installation image: Since the installation starts, the installation file partition will be selected. 5. Start GRUB. Restart, select GRUB, and GRUB. 6. Start Fedora-9-i386 Install. Select this custom function under GRUB. 7. Install Fedora-9-i386. Here I have been configured and installed according to my personal situation. Key points: A: Install mirror path: It is 4 E, sda5. (SDA5 source: SATA hard disk, so LINUX device name is sdX, X is a because there is only one hard disk here, so it is a. In addition, 5 is because D disk (the first one in logical partition) must be 5.) B: Disk partition setting: There is a list box on the interface. There are four options. Here, select “Create a custom partition structure. Partitioning situation Select the partition to be partitioned: 14.4GB /boot: boot partition. 128MB ext3 fixed size /: File system: ext3 uses all available space. /swap : Swap partition: Double memory: 1024 Specify size 8, complete. Follow the prompts to perform a personalized configuration installation step by step. 9, set the dual system boot selection. If there is already a corresponding configuration in the installation, this step can be used. Of course, this step is also a technical point of BOOT. Configure GRUB and add Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686) startup items. Add the following at the end of menu.lst: title Fedora (xxxx-xx.fc9.i686) root (hd0,8) kernel /vmlinuz-xxxx-14.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=91ba7526-3eaa-40c7-892e -2d557e417514 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-xxxx-xx.fc9.i686.img If this content is not written, it can be seen in the /boot/grub/grub.conf file under Linux. 10, restart the experience. After booting up, select GRUB and choose your own custom Fedora (x.x.xx-xx.fc9.i686). Enter LINUX. After the 9th and 10th steps are completed, you can use linux— grub to log in to the system.