> > > Can i reduce the partition size ? > >>Yes, you can, use Gparted. But read the documentation.
Gparted is the ideal tool to be used for such a situation. Regards, Saket Sinha On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Sahil ModGill < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 AM, S Suresh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I am in need to install multiple linux distros to my laptop. Currently i > > am using Ubuntu. It is good for Desktop users. But some of the libraries > > (latest version) required for SW development are missing in the ubuntu > > repository . > > > > As far as I know, Ubuntu is good for desktop and development. Yes, you have > to install some libraries manually. > > > > > So i am thinking installing fedora . But i dont want to loose my Ubuntu > > also. > > > > Unfortunately, i have only one partition in my harddrive. completely used > > by ubuntu. > > > > Simillar question as I asked few days back. It's always to take backup. :) > > > > > > > Can i reduce the partition size ? > > > > Yes, you can, use Gparted. But read the documentation. > > > > > When i google-d, there are some articles shows , we can install multiple > > linux distros and each distro require one (root) partition. and swap > > partition can be shared . > > > > Last time, I tried to install Debian(squeeze) along with Ubuntu but failed > to install then I dropped the idea. But it's still in my to-do list. > > > > > > > -- > *Regards, > Sahil ModGill* > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
