Re: [newbie] HD Partition question

2000-11-27 Thread civileme
Jacqueline Michell wrote: Irsquo;m very sorry if this is a dumb question. I bought Linux-Mandrake 7.2 (powerpack deluxe) and need some advice on partitions before I install. I have no experience with Linux and find the installation manual unclear on this point. I have also searched the

Re: [newbie] HD Partition question

2000-11-24 Thread Paul
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Jacqueline Michell wrote: My 15G HD now has two partitions: 7.14G (C:) Windows and Windows applications that are already installed--AND--7.13G (E:) reserved for Linux--not yet installed. (I need to be able to dual-boot to either Windows or Linux.) If you have a C and an E

Re: [newbie] HD Partition question

2000-11-24 Thread Adrian Smith
hi Jacqueline; how comfortable are you with messing with your computer? i can tell you one way to do this, tho there might be easer ways. 1st -- have you backed up your windows system (or have the CDs to reinstall) on the off chance you kill windows? =) but yes, you can put linux on