Nick Rout wrote:
On Mon, 31 May 2004 13:00:45 +1200
InfoHelp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
which is why i strongly recommended the *proprietary fix within xp* to
the installfest list a week ago..
what is the "proprietary fix within xp" that you mention?
The proprietary solution that I was used was Partition Magic. I knocked
XP back to about 10Gb. I'm looking forward to the day that that 10Gb
becomes available to my Linux install.
xp reserves swap space to work properly + its installed area. Linux
installs must work carefully well clear of all this, & not try to cut
xp's partition down excessively.
.going round in circles?
I think so, if XP *thinks* it needs all that space, perhaps it *does*need
all that space.
It wasn't XP that thought that it needed 16Gb, it was the Mandrake tool.
It thought that I hadn't defragged (because of the hole), and set an
ultra-conservative limit.
Hard disk space is cheap. I say to installees "buy another drive. you
are getting a free OS, free install help, we can't be expected to also
squeeze a cat into a balloon."
Not on a laptop, it isn't. On a desktop I agree that a second drive is
an ideal solution.
