So I've played around with knoppix a little bit, including reading the occassional man page. That's about the extent of my linux knowledge though. I've picked up a few books on linux from the local library, but they are all ancient. I have a brand spanking new laptop, and what I'd like to do is set up a dual boot linux/xp machine for me (debian or fedora core) and for my wife (windows). I've googled and googled, but I think I just don't know the right terms. I couldn't get qtpart to work from knoppix, but then I found a page on this forum that said maybe I needed to mount the drive first.
Also, I read through several FAQs on this site, like the one at http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/ and the one http://linux.sgms-centre.com/advocacy/faq4dozers.php and well, there were several that I looked at. They all seemed to be between 3-7 years old, and most of them were referring to things like windows 95, 98 lite (both of which use fat), and almost all of them refer to using destructive partitioning programs like fdisk. This page: http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/lilo.html#If says that "Linux doesn't, at time of writing have full support for writing to a Win2k NTFS partition" but then goes on to say I should install linux. presumably, that means I need a non-ntfs partition, since there isn't full support for writing to NTFS. Anyway, if you could help me out here, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to get started using linux, but there's just so much information out there that is old or doesn't apply that it's hard to find the right info. Thanks in advance. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
