On Thursday 22 June 2006 23:09, Dick Gevers wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:35:38 -0500, Paul Stejskal wrote about Re: [newbie]
>
> Can not create bootable DVD:
> >> Also as Dick asked, about partition -
> >> Scenario -
> >> I have Dell Laptop with Single C: parition worth 70 GB and no free
> >> space. Parition magic is not working for me as I have evaluation
> >> version. I have to resize the partition. Not to delete and recreate it
> >> as I do not want to loose Windows (It's licenced and factory installed).
>
> So w/o another drive it is impossible: no space available to create or
> install - no way. But can't you move a lot of personal data to DVDs? If you
> do then you might create a big enough partition in the free space with
> fdisk after defrag & check. Also in windows you can compress a lot. Plus a
> lot of /win/system from (m)any upgrades can safely be removed (adjust
> register accordingly).
>
> >You can. Just make sure you defrag good and also run backups just to be
> >safe. Chances are you'll be just fine :). What you CAN do is hook up
> >another hard drive, use a live cd then mount the new hd
>
> Can be done with any install CD/VD's.
>
> >, then cp
> >/mnt/winblows /mnt/newhdpath -a and back up the partition. If you have a
> >spare that's the simple way :).
>
> Yes: no need to install Linux in "C:\" drive. If you don't have a spare get
> one: hd's are relatively cheap and they don't have to be new.
>
> >You can then remove the HD
>
> Why remove? Keep it.
>
> >and install
> >normally. Hopefully things won't screw up
>
> If you follow precisely the instructions it won't.
>
> >but it's good to make backups.
>
> Absolutely vital (in any system). All hard drives will fail eventually.
>
> Good luck,
> =Dick Gevers=
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As I recall Mandriva gives you the option of installing on empty space on
windows partition. So the above is correct, a normal install should be fine.
when you defrag windows however, do not select the optimize drive option.
Last I knew this would make a write at the end of the disk that then would
not allow another OS to install as it would appear that the whole disk was
used up. Somebody correct me if I am wrong.
Dennis M.
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