On 30 Jan 2007, Paul Johnson wrote: > 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. >
Thanks to all who've replied with lots of useful information. Looking forward to putting it all into effect ... Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]