--- In [email protected], Joe Takacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You can use gparted to resize your partitions to make room for your
> linux install - most linux distros will also resize partitions.
>
> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
>
> Joe Takacs
>
>
> ritesh anand wrote:
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> > I have just bought a DELL INSPIRON 1420 notebook.
> > I want to make it multiboot with RED HAT LINUX 9.
> > But the problem is that the laptop has just 136 GB of partition C
and a recovery partition of 10 GB (ie "D").
> >
> > Main config of my lappy is as follows:
> > Proc: Core 2 Duo 1.5 Ghz
> > RAM: 1 GB
> > HDD: 160 GB
> >
> > Please help me out.
>
"Just" 136GB? My, how jaded we've become. ;)
I want to add that "resizing", as mentioned in other replies, is
non-destructive IF you have a current enough Linux distro or version
of gparted/qtparted.
If you've really got your heart set on RHEL9, or another distro that
doesn't have non-destructive partitioning tools, (RHEL might, I don't
know) you can use a LiveCD from another distro to do the prep work,
and then install the distro you really want. Vector 5.8 is strictly
manual partitioning, LinuxMint, SimplyMEPIS or PCLinuxOS can provide
some guided options. Which you'll likely have to override and go
manual anyway. :shrug: Of course, seeing any of the above might make
you forget RHEL ;) Be careful, some distros (like Debian and
OpenSUSE) have separate and distinct "Live" and "Install" CD's --
don't get locked into the latter, unless you really want to!
On RHEL, or at least its closest relative, I stopped using Fedora 7 on
my laptop because the frequent kernel updates kept breaking my wifi
(ndiswrapper) driver setup. I got really tired of reinstalling the
wifi every other month....you may have better luck with your
equipment. I think RHEL has a slower update cycle, but it's a possible
concern.
You won't need to peel much off for Linux's use, absolute minimum 5GB
for Linux and 1GB for swap. Although with 1GB RAM you might not even
*need* swap, someone else will have to weigh in on that point. A
separate partition for the /home mountpoint (where your personal data
goes) will save you hassles if you later want to change distros
without risking your personal stuff. Maybe another 5GB or so for
that, if you don't simply incorporate it into the root partition.
I'd go with roughly 10% of your total drive size (i.e. 13GB), for all
things Linux (root, home, and swap [if required]), to give yourself
plenty of expansion room.
DEFRAGMENT YOUR HD UNDER WINDOWS BEFORE RESIZING THE PARTITIONS.
I don't know about Vista, but when I resized my partitions on-the-fly
under XP, it reacted it like I'd installed a New Device (namely, the
HD). Don't panic. After running the standard checks on it's first
reboot under Windows, it should be just fine.
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