> As a Windows "jockey" I have to say that you do NOT want to buy an
> "upgrade" version of Windows XP. If you want to retain Windows, then do
> yourself a favor and buy Windows XP Professional (last I checked it was
> $149 with any hardware purchase at General Nanosys). Also, you will want
> to run WinXP on an NTFS partition, not FAT32.

Be aware that would be the OEM version (which is what I usually buy) and
will not upgrade an existing OS. That's often OK because clean installs
are always better anyway... Windows or Linux. Prices online can be very
good: OEM XP Home is $79, OEM XP Pro $121 at compuplus.

> Everything I've seen has said install Windows first and then install
> Linux. Personally, I would install Windows on the entire disk,
> defragment, then use BootIt Next Generation to shrink down the Windows
> partition to the size you want. Then install Linux on the remaining disk
> space. If you keep your "/home" directory and install Linux exactly the
> same as you had it, it should work/look the same as before.

I would (and have) partition first, then install Windows, then Linux,
avoiding the whole partition resizing issue. Personal preference.

You should already know, as a Fedora user, that it will want to make LVM
partitions. I would not recommend LVM for dual boot or anything but a
dedicated server where uptime is important... unless you want to learn new
recovery techniques if the drive gets corrupted. (Hard lesson learned!)

Chris Schumann