On 9/13/2025 12:58 PM, Go Canes wrote:
On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM home user via users
<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've groped around the web, especially the Fedora Docs web site
("https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/docs/";). I've not found any
instructions on how to install on a blank desktop, let alone how to do a
dual-boot install. What I found predates by years the new Anaconda and
the new dnf. Where are good, detailed instructions for doing a
dual-boot install, Fedora + one other Linux distro, on a blank desktop?
Install on a "blank desktop" should be the same as any other Fedora
install, except that you won't have to perform any steps to create
space on the disk for the install.
Download the install media, write to USB flash drive (or burn to
DVD-R, etc), then boot the desktop off of the install media and follow
the instructions.
You will have to decide which install media to use - i.e. you can
download and use one of the "live" spins, and then install from that,
or if you want more control you can download the "server" install
meda, which despite the name, can be used to install a desktop (it is
how I do it). If you choose to go the "server" route, I usually
recommend the "netinstall" version as it is smaller and will download
the desired packages "on the fly" - but as you are using dial-up, you
might be better off just downloading the full install DVD (especially
if you can download it some other way besides dial-up).
Did I get the terminology wrong?
The "phone modem" is not some gadget that I put a phone receiver on, and
then dial in and connect via something like "kermit"(?). Maybe I should
call it a broadband phone-modem? It's an Arris Surfboard modem that has
an additional socket in the back for my land-line phone. My phone
service is VOIP.
The "netinstall" option seems interesting. I'll have to check the
Fedora Docs website for instructions.
I can't help with the dual-boot, but if it is a reasonably modern CPU
with hardware virtualization it might be easier to run Ubuntu (or any
other OS) in a virtual machine and avoid dual-boot altogether.
That is way over my head.
A few weeks ago, someone locally suggested not using dual boot, but
using live media for the second OS. But my attempts at using live media
almost always have problems with freezing / lock-up shortly after starting.
A quick, preliminary check of Fedora Docs on the netinstall got me a
page that seems out-of-date; it pre-dates the latest major update of
Anaconda.
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