hi all !
I'm thinking - would it be possible to install openSUSE on NTFS
partition, to prevent repartitioning, so more Windows users will be
able to try out SUSE Linux ?
Currently we install (via instlux) the GRUB bootloader, which is
loaded from NTLDR, which then starts Linux kernel, then it op
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 00:28 +0300, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> hi all !
>
> I'm thinking - would it be possible to install openSUSE on NTFS
> partition, to prevent repartitioning, so more Windows users will be
> able to try out SUSE Linux ?
>
Why? What is it that you find so fascinating with NTFS t
Hi Ken Schneider
read:
The primary advantage to this technology is no need to repartition a
hard drive at all. A very welcome feature to win-noobs alike.
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On Saturday 16 June 2007 14:49, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Hi Ken Schneider
>
> read:
>
> The primary advantage to this technology is no need to repartition a
> hard drive at all. A very welcome feature to win-noobs alike.
The partition structure is independent of the type of file system
created on
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 00:49 +0300, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Hi Ken Schneider
>
> read:
>
> The primary advantage to this technology is no need to repartition a
> hard drive at all. A very welcome feature to win-noobs alike.
>
No need to repartition anyway, just format with ext3. Besides there
m
Hi Randall Schulz !
Randall wrote:
The partition structure is independent of the type of file system
created on those partitions. I.e., it is not necessary to repartition a
drive (that's already partitioned) in order to install Linux.
It may be unnecessary to repartition on Linux-ready system,
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 01:23 +0300, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Hi Randall Schulz !
>
> Randall wrote:
> > The partition structure is independent of the type of file system
> > created on those partitions. I.e., it is not necessary to repartition a
> > drive (that's already partitioned) in order to in
On Saturday 16 June 2007 15:23, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> Hi Randall Schulz !
>
> Randall wrote:
> > The partition structure is independent of the type of file system
> > created on those partitions. I.e., it is not necessary to
> > repartition a drive (that's already partitioned) in order to
> > in
On 6/17/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a resize function within the install process to resize the
single partition without having to reload windows and then linux. That
is it's purpose, to give you a partition to install on.
Yes, but this answer brings us back to the
On Saturday 16 June 2007 15:42, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> ...
>
> I see my idea as an extension to Instlux concept, that can bring
> ease-of-use further.
Go for it.
Let us know what you come up with.
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On Sat June 16 2007 6:23 pm, Alexey Eremenko scratched these words onto
a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> Hi Randall Schulz !
>
> Randall wrote:
> > The partition structure is independent of the type of file system
> > created on those partitions. I.e., it is not necessary to
> > repartitio
On Sat June 16 2007 6:42 pm, Alexey Eremenko scratched these words onto
a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> On 6/17/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There is a resize function within the install process to resize the
> > single partition without having to reload windows an
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Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Saturday 16 June 2007 14:49, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
>> Hi Ken Schneider
>>
>> read:
>>
>> The primary advantage to this technology is no need to repartition a
>> hard drive at all. A very welcome feature to win-noobs alike.
On 6/17/07, G T Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The concept of having a Linux on the same File System as Windows is not
new (it used to be an option with some distros). However where you start
hitting issues is with fundamental incompatibilities in how the two OSs
describe files and some basic f
On Sunday 17 June 2007 01:13, G T Smith wrote:
> Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > ...
>
> The concept of having a Linux on the same File System as Windows is
> not new (it used to be an option with some distros). However where
> you start hitting issues is with fundamental incompatibilities in how
> the
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Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Sunday 17 June 2007 01:13, G T Smith wrote:
>> Randall R Schulz wrote:
>>> ...
>
> Windows software tends to assume text files (e.g.) are in its format.
> Much Linux software tolerates any of the three extant formats. B
On Sunday 17 June 2007 09:39, G T Smith wrote:
> Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 June 2007 01:13, G T Smith wrote:
> ...
>
> However, as another poster pointed out one is leaving the Linux side
> fully open to Windows (in)security...
I'm pretty doubtful about that. In all likelihood, the
On Saturday June 16 2007 4:28:00 pm Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> hi all !
>
> I'm thinking - would it be possible to install openSUSE on NTFS
> partition, to prevent repartitioning, so more Windows users will be
> able to try out SUSE Linux ?
#1 reason this won't happen anytime soon is because Microso
On Sunday 17 June 2007 16:19, S Glasoe wrote:
> On Saturday June 16 2007 4:28:00 pm Alexey Eremenko wrote:
> > hi all !
> >
> > I'm thinking - would it be possible to install openSUSE on NTFS
> > partition, to prevent repartitioning, so more Windows users will be
> > able to try out SUSE Linux ?
>
#1 reason this won't happen anytime soon is because Microsoft does _not_
publish the specifications for NTFS and would only share them with companies
that are willing to pay extremely large amounts of money on a continuing
basis with all kinds of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in place. These
co
It looks like a good idea. Open a feature request at the
instlux-sourceforge site.
thanks,
jordi
El dom, 17-06-2007 a las 01:42 +0300, Alexey Eremenko escribió:
> On 6/17/07, Kenneth Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There is a resize function within the install process to resize the
> >
or write an implementation and submit it as a patch :)
jordi
El lun, 18-06-2007 a las 11:49 +0200, Jordi Massaguer i Pla escribió:
> It looks like a good idea. Open a feature request at the
> instlux-sourceforge site.
>
> thanks,
>
> jordi
>
> El dom, 17-06-2007 a las 01:42 +0300, Alexey Ereme
--- Mark Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/17/07, G T Smith
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The concept of having a Linux on the same File
> System as Windows is not
> > new (it used to be an option with some distros).
> However where you start
> > hitting issues is with fundamental
>
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