> As a newbie I'd like to thank everyone that has helped me get started using > Linux. My Linux vocab is still severely deficient so thank you in advance > for your patience. I brought my home PC to the install fest and had a dual > boot set up with fedora. Since I don't use that machine much, I'd like to > put the same setup on my laptop so I can actually use it more. I have the > fedora core 4 cds but I am not sure how to partition my drive. At the > install fest they used some program on a different cd but I'm not sure what > it was. Does anyone know what I could use to do the partition? Plus, any > opinions on how I should allocate the memory would be welcome.
The cd they used at the installfest was PartitionMagic. It's great for partitioning, but unfortunately, we're not allowed to let people take it home to use. A free option would be to use an Ubuntu installation cd, which includes a program that can resize your windows partition. I haven't ever tried using the Ubuntu cd for partitioning, without using it for installation as well, but perhaps someone here has experience with that. As far as how to allocate your space, that's partly up to you. First, you need to take into account how large your hard drive is. From that, you will need to split it into 4 pieces. First, your windows partition. Second, a Linux partition. Third, a shared partition, which can be seen by both operating systems. Fourth, you need what is called a "swap" partition. Usually, I use 512 MB for the swap partition. Once you find a way to repartition, be sure to back up before you proceed. It also helps to defrag your windows drive before you repartition, as it causes it to take less time. If you'd like to, you're welcome to post your partition plan to the list, to see if anybody has any thoughts/suggestions on it! Questions are always welcome on both this and the other mailing-list. Good Luck! ~Erin --- http://www.tuxgirl.com -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
