Upgrading - Partition Issues

asked 2012-09-08 06:17:32 -0600

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I don't have enough room on the original LVM to install Fedora 16 or 17. I have about 20 gig free on another partition that I use in XP of of 45 gig total on /dev/sda5. Using the partitioning software that comes with the Fedora install routine, if I resize the XP partition down and then try to increase the size of the LVM (Linux LVM 0x8e, /dev/sda8) it will not accept the changes. I do not want to lose my XP partitions so I figure I would try this forum for help rather than trying something risky. Thanks in advance for any help.

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answered 2012-10-02 06:26:39 -0600

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The partition manager that comes with the installer actually does work, but not obvious. First, as the comment above says, I resized the XP partition and booted to Windows to let Windows adjust it's data for the new size. then, going back into the install program, choosing "use existing Linux..." worked - althoguh it does not say this, it uses the extra free space as well as the old Lunux & linux swap partitions.

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