Anthony Campbell wrote: > I'm getting a new Thinkpad Z61M and shall be installing Debian > (naturally!). When I last did this on a Thinkpad a couple of years ago I > just deleted the Windows partition completely, but I have found, *very* > rarely, that I needed it. > > I'd therefore like to keep Windows, at least for the moment, so I'll > need to shrink its partition. Two questions: > > a. How small could its partition be? Would 10 GB be enough, or too much?
10GB is probably a good number for Windows except Vista which requires something like 13GB(!) just to get it out of the box. > b. 3.5: If I understand the Debian Installation manual correctly, I can > do this by simply selecting a different size for the partition during > the installation process. > > "If your machine has a FAT or NTFS filesystem, as used by DOS > and Windows, you can wait and use Debian installer's > partitioning program to resize the filesystem." > > Won't this destroy all the Windows stuff? Potentially. Always keep a backup. You might also find http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ to be handy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]