Re: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500

1999-12-10 Thread R_Yeo
Try http://inspironlin.thot.net/ The list is quite quiet nowadays, but the archives should provide some help on Inspiron issues. HTH On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: -- Ronald

[newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500

1999-12-09 Thread Gregg Carrier
Hi all, Well, I want to install L-M 6.1 on my new laptop and have a question or two before going ahead. The machine comes with Windows installed on the Hard Drive. I want to split the drive into a Windows partition and a Linux partition. Will Disk Druid resize the Windows partition without

Re: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500

1999-12-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Greggno, disk druid does not have that capability. In the dosutils directory of your installation CD there is a dos program called fips.exe. This will do dynamic resizing, but be sure to read the docs thoroughly. If you have Partition Magic available to you it's a lot easier to use, but

Re: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500

1999-12-09 Thread Gerry Doyon
Just like the e-mail message you got, use FIPS. I used it on *my* new Dell that had only one WIndows 98 partition. Worked very well. I went the extra mile and removed my Windows cache file and defragged the disk. Used FIPS then re-set the cache. Been working great with no problems. Gregg

Re: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500

1999-12-09 Thread Jeanette Russo
: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500 Hi all, Well, I want to install L-M 6.1 on my new laptop and have a question or two before going ahead. The machine comes with Windows installed on the Hard Drive. I want to split the drive into a Windows partition and a Linux partition