On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:35:38 -0500, Paul Stejskal wrote about Re: [newbie] Can not create bootable DVD:
>> Also as Dick asked, about partition - >> Scenario - >> I have Dell Laptop with Single C: parition worth 70 GB and no free >> space. Parition magic is not working for me as I have evaluation >> version. I have to resize the partition. Not to delete and recreate it >> as I do not want to loose Windows (It's licenced and factory installed). So w/o another drive it is impossible: no space available to create or install - no way. But can't you move a lot of personal data to DVDs? If you do then you might create a big enough partition in the free space with fdisk after defrag & check. Also in windows you can compress a lot. Plus a lot of /win/system from (m)any upgrades can safely be removed (adjust register accordingly). >You can. Just make sure you defrag good and also run backups just to be >safe. Chances are you'll be just fine :). What you CAN do is hook up >another hard drive, use a live cd then mount the new hd Can be done with any install CD/VD's. >, then cp >/mnt/winblows /mnt/newhdpath -a and back up the partition. If you have a >spare that's the simple way :). Yes: no need to install Linux in "C:\" drive. If you don't have a spare get one: hd's are relatively cheap and they don't have to be new. >You can then remove the HD Why remove? Keep it. >and install >normally. Hopefully things won't screw up If you follow precisely the instructions it won't. >but it's good to make backups. Absolutely vital (in any system). All hard drives will fail eventually. Good luck, =Dick Gevers= ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
