On Friday 13 February 2004 03:29 pm, Chuck Mattsen wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:52:59 -0700 > Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charlie> I'll be totally out of my depth here in a minute. I've only > installed recent Charlie> Mandrake releases (9.1, 9.2, cooker) on Toshiba > and IBM laptops. What model Charlie> is yours? > > Nevertheless, your input is appreciated. > > I've got to put the install aside and get to work here, but will check back > again this evening. FWIW, it's a Compaq 2175us, WinXP Pro, 40GB drive > (NTFS), 512MB, yadda, yadda, yadda. > > Charlie> Also, have you read this: > Charlie> > Charlie> http://www.geocities.com/thaweesakb/linux.html > > I took a /very/ brief look at it the other day, but will do so again > later. Thx. > > Charlie> I'm not liking the chance of being able to do anything from > the Windows side. > > Well, just for kicks I downloaded a demo copy of Partition Magic (it > won't actually /do/ the repartitioning, but walks through the steps > leading up to the actual partition in the demo version. It didn't > seem to balk at it at all in its demo mode. > > Charlie> The BIOS (or a large part of it) lives on that second > "hidden" partition with all of the "Restore" stuff. > > I'm /assuming/ that may have been what was contained in the "Extended > Partition" that the demo walk-through automatically set up between the > proposed 1st (XP) partition and the theoretical Linux partition I wanted to > set up. > > Charlie> I don't know what you need to do next, and I'm sorry I'm unable to > help. Maybe Charlie> somebody with a clue will read this and give you a > hand. That's why I added Charlie> to the subject line. > > I'm sure it's doable ... I'm just not sure my knowledge is up to the > task, either in Linux or XP ... I've been more of a Win98se guy for > umpteen years (well, okay, 4-5) now, so I'm very hesitant to muck with > things. > > Hopefully, someone (with infinite patience) can assist me in a > walkthrough of whatever's necessary. > > Thx again.
I recently installed Mandrake on a 2190US... No, it won't resize the Windows Partition they made, and you'll need a 3rd party program. Here's what I suggest. Get Partition magic. Resize the Windows Partition. Then use the Linux install to auto allocate, and it'll create the three partitions you need. If you don't want to buy PM...well..um...definitely don't get an illegal copy...;-) Mandrake will configure the boot and all that stuff. After that, just delete your Windows partition, and everything will be just fine. =) Marc
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