----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Urwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 07:12 Subject: Re: [newbie] Bad superblock
> On Saturday 28 Feb 2004 5:52 pm, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > Disk hda > > #1 Windows XP(NTFS 46.57GB) > > #2 Boot (for 9.2 63MB) > > #3 Root(9.2 64.65GB) > > #4 Swap(518MB) > > Disk hdb > > #1 Music(formatted as fat32 27.96GB) > > I would: > 1) copy anything you don't want to lose (like the contents of /home) to > Music. > 2) install 10.0 using the existing partitions, but reformatting them. > > when you're happy everything is stable and usable: > 3) backup anything from Windows that you don't want to lose to Music. > 4) defragment Windows. Do not optimise the layout. > 5) boot linux from CD > 6) shrink the windows partition > 7) create a new partition at the end of Windows > 8) that may rename all your partitions*, so edit /etc/fstab to suit. > > *I would guess that you have a single primary partition and an extended > partition on hda, making Boot hda5. If so creating a new primary > partition will not rename anything. > -- > Richard Urwin > I can do everything except 6, just dont know how. What is the new partition at the end of windows for [win swap, if so how about moving swap there and let both systems use it windows identifies the current swap partition as a logical part. so it should be able to use it]. I havent caught linux using swap yet but when I get on spreadsheets that may change. Regards; Hoyt
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