On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:52:59 -0700 Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Charlie> I'll be totally out of my depth here in a minute. I've only installed recent Charlie> Mandrake releases (9.1, 9.2, cooker) on Toshiba and IBM laptops. What model Charlie> is yours? Nevertheless, your input is appreciated. I've got to put the install aside and get to work here, but will check back again this evening. FWIW, it's a Compaq 2175us, WinXP Pro, 40GB drive (NTFS), 512MB, yadda, yadda, yadda. Charlie> Also, have you read this: Charlie> Charlie> http://www.geocities.com/thaweesakb/linux.html I took a /very/ brief look at it the other day, but will do so again later. Thx. Charlie> I'm not liking the chance of being able to do anything from the Windows side. Well, just for kicks I downloaded a demo copy of Partition Magic (it won't actually /do/ the repartitioning, but walks through the steps leading up to the actual partition in the demo version. It didn't seem to balk at it at all in its demo mode. Charlie> The BIOS (or a large part of it) lives on that second "hidden" partition with all of the "Restore" stuff. I'm /assuming/ that may have been what was contained in the "Extended Partition" that the demo walk-through automatically set up between the proposed 1st (XP) partition and the theoretical Linux partition I wanted to set up. Charlie> I don't know what you need to do next, and I'm sorry I'm unable to help. Maybe Charlie> somebody with a clue will read this and give you a hand. That's why I added Charlie> to the subject line. I'm sure it's doable ... I'm just not sure my knowledge is up to the task, either in Linux or XP ... I've been more of a Win98se guy for umpteen years (well, okay, 4-5) now, so I'm very hesitant to muck with things. Hopefully, someone (with infinite patience) can assist me in a walkthrough of whatever's necessary. Thx again. -- Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN Random Thought/Quote For This Message: One is never as happy or unhappy as one imagines.
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