Davey Brain wrote:
>Hi all,
>After years of using RH Linux (5.2 to 8.0) I just spent 7 frustrating
>hours trying to install ANY Linux on my HP ze4805wm laptop and googling
>and trying to install Linux. I tried Ubuntu (fails in so many ways),
>SuSE 9.X (can't resize my NTFS for some unknown reason) and Redhat 9.X
>(no keyboard on initial install screen so no-go).
>
>I need to KEEP my WinXP for work at HP so I need to resize my NTFS
>partition to install Linux or anything else. SuSE bitched about
>defragging so I did and WinXP moves everything on defrag except one
>unknown file that makes NTFS use over 50% of my 30G HD. If I could move
>that file I'd use only 20% of my HD but it just stays put using 55% of
>the hard drive causing SuSE to bitch about not enough space at 8G (it
>takes over 8G for this op sys? OS/2 4.52 uses a min of 500M, WTF?). I'm
>about 1 minute from reformatting my HD totally. If I had a floppy drive
>I could run Partition Magic 6 and resize everything then MAYBE SuSe or
>something would install...
>
>Anyway, how do I install ANY Linux on my laptop this weekend? I DON'T
>have internet access on it yet so DON'T say Gentoo...
>
>Sincerely,
>WarpDavey, OS/2 for 15 years and posting from OS/2 Warp 4.52 which
>works...except on my laptop.
>
>
I forget how but I remember finding a way to find and move that hidden
file and then using partition magic or one of the similar others to
resize the NTFS partition. I kinda like Mepis and Slackware.
--
Leo (Bing) Whiteway in Kelowna, BC, Canada: Ham calls: VE7UW and VE7OKV
They said "everyone uses Microsoft" and so like the lemmings they marched
into the sea.
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