Hi Read your mail and all the messages that followed. Unlike most of the others who have replied, I agree with you that partitioning is a very difficult job (at least for the first few times) and highly dangerous. Dangerous because few of us like to or can afford to loose data by wrong partitioning commands. I have made major blunders in the initial period and lost massive data (some of which were backed up luckily). I have also actually had to discard some HDDs (though the dealer told me that it was just a coincidence that it happened when I was installing Linux).
I had lots of difficulty in installing linux earlier mainly because of partitioning problems. However, either because I have got the hang of things or because partioning tools have improved, I have no problems now. However, it is not something than can be put in bullet or numbered form and you follow because each distro has a slightly different interface for partioning software and a wrong step or command would invite disaster for the remaining software and OS on your system. If you stay at or near andheri, I can help you by coming over to your place and showing you how the partioning is done. Unfortunately, I will be out of town from May 31 to June 7........If you dont solve it by then, let me know. Regards Saswata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Royce & Sharal Pereira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ILUG-Bom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:23 AM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] How to partition? > Hi, > I've been eager to try out Linux for a while, but never could as I just > couldnt figure out the partitioning requirements. This is where I've always > got stuck & given up a on Linux installation. I've got CDs of Knoppix 3.1, > PCQLinux 8.0 & ELX 2.0, but I could never get past the partitioning stage > with any of them. > Also all published articles on installing these packages barely have a > sentence relating to partitioning, which has added to the frustation. > > To describe my challenge simply, I have Windows C:,D:,E; & F: . F: is 11Gb, > & all I want to do is to simply use this space & partition for Linux & Swap. > Is that so difficult? Is it possible to get some guidance in simple English > on how to do this. I need a "Select this then click on that & then click OK" > kind of guidance, such as which Windows has (BTW why is Linux so much > harder to install than Windows. Is Windows smarter?)Ooops, *now* I've done > it!. > > Can any one clear the mist for me ? I'm sure no one else has has these > questions! > > Thanks, > --Royce. > > > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
