I have the same setup, Laptop with ME and wanted to install Debian. What I did was first do a Scan disk then did a defrag then I went to one of the Debian mirror sites and downloaded a copy of FIPS and folowed the README in FIPS. I was able to partation the drive and not lose any data that was there, make a linux partation and do the installation. The only problem that I have had with the installation was teh NIC card. Hope this answers your question. Don --- Matthew Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 07:03:50AM -0700, kiran > hiriyanna wrote: > > i am running windows ME on my laptop. i have a > lot of info on it. > > without having to back up, can i install llinux > over w/ME and later > > erase w/ME? > > It depends on the setup of your disk that contains > the WinME installation. > If you have a single partition which uses the total > capacity of your hard > drive, then you're going to have some difficulty. > > As a mimimum, Linux needs two partitions: one > partition to actually hold > the system, and one swap partition (for virtual > memory paging). > > So if your Windows installation occupies a single > partition on your entire > disk, you're in a bad way since you'll need to > repartition. Although > there are utilities like Parition Magic, I would > *never* use them without > backing up the important stuff first. > > I remember briefly reading about the UMSDOS > filesystem a while ago. If > I'm not mistaken, I believe this let you install > Linux on a DOS > filesystem. It might be something for you to look > into---I never used it, > so I don't know any of the specifics. > > Hope that helps! > Matt > > -- > Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Do you think that it would be too much to say that > two hours of the > working time of every efficient member of a > community goes to feed > the red fiend of war?" --Upton Sinclair, > _The_Jungle_ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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