contributor.
9.5.2. What About...
9.5.2.1. ...Fedora-related projects that have sprung up outside of the official Fedora community?
There are a number of Fedora-related projects that are not part of the official Fedora project, and these projects are also staffed by volunteers:
There are over 60 Linux distributions derived from Fedora Linux, and yet others that are derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Red Hat's enterprise Linux distribution, which shares a common root with Fedora). These distributions tailor Fedora to meet specific community, linguistic, or hardware requirements.
The Livna, ATrpms, and RPMforge repositories interoperate with the Fedora Core and Extras repositories (although not necessarily with each other).
Fedora Unity provides web sites with guides and technical notes on various Fedora-related issues. It also produces what it terms
9.5.3. Where Can I Learn More?
? The Fedora projects page: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/
? Linux distributions derived from Fedora: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php? resource=independence#fedora
? External repositories: http://rpm.livna.org/ , http://atrpms.net/ , and http://rpmforge.net/
? The Fedora Unity Project: http://fedoraunity.org/
Chapter 10. Advanced Installation
There are thousands of different computer configurations, and thousands of different ways in which computers are used. The Fedora installer, Anaconda, is up to the challenge: although the default installation procedure is straightforward, Anaconda can also perform automated installations, set up complex storage layouts involving RAID and LVM, handle different types of installation media and network installation servers, and provide a rescue mode for the recovery of disabled systems.
This chapter deals with these advanced installation features. It also looks at GParted, a partition resizing tool, and GRUB, the bootloader used by Fedora that can be extensively customized.
10.1. Resizing a Windows Partition
Many computers are sold with some version of Microsoft Windows preinstalled, claiming the entire disk. In order to install Fedora in a dual-boot configuration, it is necessary to reduce the size of the Windows partition to free up some space.
10.1.1. How Do I Do That?
Fedora does not provide a good tool for resizing Windows partitions. Fortunately, there is a very good open source tool available, GParted.
Always back up your data before adjusting partitions.
Download the 26 MB GParted LiveCD from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php and burn it onto a CD or DVD. Insert the disc into the system to be resized, and then start (or restart) the system; the screen shown in Figure 10-1 will appear.
Figure 10-1. GParted LiveCD boot screen
You may need to adjust the BIOS boot options to force the system to boot from the disc.
Press Enter. The system will ask you to select your language, as shown in Figure 10-2 , and then to select the keyboard type, as shown in Figure 10-3 .
Figure 10-2. Language selection screen
Figure 10-3. Keyboard selection screen
The software will then prompt you for your display resolution, as shown in Figure 10-4 ; select the default unless you're using an old monitor.
Do not select 640x480 resolution; the GParted window will not fit on the screen.
Figure 10-4. Display resolution selection screen
You should also select the default for the display color depth, as shown in Figure 10-5 , unless you find that the default does not work with your system.
Figure 10-5. Display color-depth selection screen
The GParted screen in Figure 10-6 will now appear, displaying a list of all of the partitions on the first hard
