--- Davey Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
> --
> Davey Brain
>
> "It is dangerous to be right when the established
> authorities are wrong"
> - Voltaire
>
> This OS/2 uptime is 9 d 13 h 32 m 28 seconds
>
Hi,
If you want to use a mini-distro that will help you
learn, I'd go with Puppy Linux as it has many ways to
run, off of USB LS-120/ZIP drives, off of the CD, or a
small file on the Windows hard drive, and running in
RAM it can be quite fast. There's some built off
Debian/Knoppix like Damn Small Linux or Feather.
Puppy uses standard file packaging like Slackware, or
the mini Slax in it's various flavors. Check out
www.Distrowatch.com for more details. There's live CD
versions of Linspire and Xandros, too.
A while back I tried to play around with OS/2, but I
didn't have the right upgrades to allow for larger
hard drives. I came from the DOS world myself.
Happy learning,
Joan
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