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--- Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > searching on google "linux windows dual boot" > > gave me this for fedora > > http://users.tkk.fi/~tkarvine/linux-windows-dual-boot-resizing-ntfs.html > > On 11/16/05, slamboy_linux_n00b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > So I've played around with knoppix a little bit, > including reading the > > occassional man page. That's about the extent of > my linux knowledge > > though. I've picked up a few books on linux from > the local library, > > but they are all ancient. I have a brand spanking > new laptop, and > > what I'd like to do is set up a dual boot linux/xp > machine for me > > (debian or fedora core) and for my wife (windows). > I've googled and > > googled, but I think I just don't know the right > terms. I couldn't > > get qtpart to work from knoppix, but then I found > a page on this forum > > that said maybe I needed to mount the drive first. > > > > Also, I read through several FAQs on this site, > like the one at > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/ and > the one > > > http://linux.sgms-centre.com/advocacy/faq4dozers.php > and well, there > > were several that I looked at. They all seemed to > be between 3-7 > > years old, and most of them were referring to > things like windows 95, > > 98 lite (both of which use fat), and almost all > of them refer to > > using destructive partitioning programs like > fdisk. > > > > This page: > http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/lilo.html#If > > says that "Linux doesn't, at time of writing have > full support for > > writing to a Win2k NTFS partition" but then goes > on to say I should > > install linux. presumably, that means I need a > non-ntfs partition, > > since there isn't full support for writing to > NTFS. > > > > Anyway, if you could help me out here, I'd > appreciate it. I'd like to > > get started using linux, but there's just so much > information out > > there that is old or doesn't apply that it's hard > to find the right > > info. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will > be removed. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Great spirits have always encountered violent > opposition from mediocre > minds. -Einstein > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make > Yahoo! your home page > http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will > be removed. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
