hello Leif

thank you for your comments. Removing the partition will be relatively easy,
but I am more concerns about Grub. If i remove the partition, will the
computer still boots into Windoze?


"Leif B. Kristensen" <junkmail@solumslekt.org> wrote in message
news:2piqr4Fli9cnU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Mini Mani Mini Mo wrote:
>
> > hello. I would like to install gentoo but the installation procedure
> > isn't that friendly. I already have winXP and FC2 in my computer with
> > Grub as boot loader. Can anyone provide some guidance to remove FC2
> > and get gentoo in? The installation guide for Gentoo isn't helpful as
> > it seems (to me) that it only guide to install an OS into a fresh
> > system. I want to keep Winxp for my current work.
>
> Removing FC2 should be relatively easy once you're in fdisk, and
> provided you have installed it on a separate partition from Windoze.
> Just delete the partition(s) it resides on.
>
> The most important part you need to care about throughout the Gentoo
> installation and maintenance is the partition scheme. Assuming you have
> Windoze on /dev/hda1, you can just add 1 to the /dev/hda numbers listed
> in the Gentoo handbook when you are in fdisk or /etc/fstab. Thus, /boot
> might be located on /dev/hda2, /swap on /dev/hda3, and / on /dev/hda4.
> That's how I do it, anyway.
>
> And for the sake of your own mental health, write down your partition
> scheme in big, friendly letters, and keep this sheet in front of you
> whenever you want to mess around with anything related to /dev/hdxx.
> --
> Leif Biberg Kristensen
> http://solumslekt.org/
> defenestrare necesse est
>