>> I have to install CentOS on a spare partition of a laptop with >> Windows pre installed. Is there anything I have to watch out for? >> Couldn't find anything in the wiki or does the installer handle this >> well without me doing some magic, or so? > >The installer will handle this perfectly if you select the correct >partition for your CentOS installation :-)
usually, you need at least two partitions: one for / and one for swap. best is to setup first a small /boot partition. i'm sure somewhere there are some docs about it :)
You can do that from within the installer...or just let the installer create a "default layout".
frank