Well i have a windows xp and linux (fedora 7) partition . and now i have found a new distro of linux which is called Belinix .
its not very famous but has a lot to offer .
Well my problem is i want to install and run belinix , but i already have this partition and have no idea how to change i.

all ideas are welcomed and besides i would be glad if you could recommend ne other version of linux .

I personally use ubuntu. There should be tools in xp and fedora which would allow you to partition your hard disk. It should also be possible while installing Belinix.

In my case, I had my HDD with only vista running. I reduced the size of the partition and installed ubuntu on the unallocated space.

assuming that somehow i have install . will it detect fedora or windows in that case....?

Can you provide more information?

You have a hard drive of X size (GB/TB). The partitions are as follows..?

Example:
250 GB HD
50 MB /boot ext2 partition
50 GB / ext3 partition (Ubuntu)
rest - Windows XP

fine .
i have a 250 gb hard disk .
only around 10 - 12 gb i have given to fedora 7 and the rest allocated for windows .
50 gb - c drive
86.3 - d drive
85.9 gb - e drive

now i want to install belinix on top of it .
it just doesnt feel feasible. ne ingenious idea to accomplish my i wouldnt say ridiculous but sounds like that .

as long as you have your bootloader configured correctly it should detect all OSs fine. i am no expert on this, so i wouldn't know how you would go about this specifically, but i would nearly assume belinix would simply add to an existing grub install.

perhaps somebody can confirm / deny this?

belenix is pretty buggy, its solaris based so i think it uses a different bootloader and/or filesystem to linux

Looking at your drive, you already have four (4) partitions. If these are PRIMARY partitions, then you cannot create any more. I am unsure if Windows knows how to properly use Logical/Extended partitions (Win98 did not).

If you have reached the four (4) primary partition limits, you will have to delete a partition. It may be possible to delete one and create an extended/logical partition in its place - but I believe non-primary partitions must be at the end of the partition table. (anyone know for sure?)

So, if you have the following:
1 - Linux
2 - C
3 - D
4 - E

You will have to either install over partition 1:Linux or delete 4:E and create an Extended/Logical partition in its place to accommodate more partitions and operating systems.

If you are using GRUB, you will be able to boot any OS on your system if properly installed. I am unsure about other bootloaders, but os/filesystem rarely matters - just the arch and boot loader options.

yeah i get wat u said . but the point is if i make the the E drive empty and then repartion it and finally install the belinix distro in it .At the time of booting Will belinix distro detect the fedora 7 which is already present and the windows xp ....?

I do not know belinix and cannot answer your question. Sorry.