On সোম, 2003-07-14 at 18:27, arinbasu wrote: > Hi All: > > Got a laptop with Win XP Home, and considering to add RH 8.0 as a second OS, > eventually migrating to Linux, since there are plenty of data in my laptop I do not > want to lose (as opposed to freshly start with Linux as the sole OS and blow away > the current OS).
Don't use RH 8.0 if you don't have any special reasons.... RH 9.0 will be a better option. > > That said, I want a dual boot. I think, (and please advise on this), I need a disk > partitioning software to begin with. The primary partition in my machine is NTFS > containing 15 GB (10 GB free space) and a second partition is FAT 32 (5 GB). I use > DIAS for accessing the Internet. The machine runs on AMD Duron with 128 MB RAM. > > I tried to download Partition Magic software but it was not a freeware. Would > greatly appreciate if you can advise on: > > (a) A reliable freeware for partitioning the disk (without losing data) - or the > best way to partition the disk Mandrake 9.1's installation programme can handle NTFS resizing. I dunno if it's reliable or not. I have used it for FAT32 resizing, and I would recommend that you defrag the disk before doing anything.. Also, see http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html > (b) Configuring DIAS (?threads at ilug-cal?) for RHL Easy - just assign the appropriate IP address, gateway, DNS server, etc. Then issue route add default eth0 (I am on DIAS right now) > Should you want to respond to me off the list, please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] ..and why should I want to want to respond off list ?? -sdg- -- ********************************************* * The Ankur Project * Bringing Bangla to Free/Open Source Software * http://www.bengalinux.org/ * ********************************************* -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
